ArrayOfStringsSummary (datasketches-java 4.2.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.datasketches.tuple.strings.ArrayOfStringsSummary

All Implemented Interfaces:: Summary, UpdatableSummary<String[]>

public class ArrayOfStringsSummary
extends Object
implements UpdatableSummary<String[]>

Author:: Lee Rhodes

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ArrayOfStringsSummary`	`copy()`	Deep copy.
`boolean`	`equals(Object summary)`
`String[]`	`getValue()`
`int`	`hashCode()`
`byte[]`	`toByteArray()`	This is to serialize a Summary instance to a byte array.
`ArrayOfStringsSummary`	`update(String[] value)`	This is to provide a method of updating summaries.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - copy
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public ArrayOfStringsSummary copy()
```
    Description copied from interface: Summary
    
    Deep copy.
    Caution: This must implement a deep copy.
    
    Specified by:
    
    copy in interface Summary
    
    Returns:
    
    deep copy of the Summary
  - toByteArray
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public byte[] toByteArray()
```
    Description copied from interface: Summary
    
    This is to serialize a Summary instance to a byte array.
    The user should encode in the byte array its total size, which is used during deserialization, especially if the Summary has variable sized elements.
    
    Specified by:
    
    toByteArray in interface Summary
    
    Returns:
    
    serialized representation of the Summary
  - update
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public ArrayOfStringsSummary update(String[] value)
```
    Description copied from interface: UpdatableSummary
    
    This is to provide a method of updating summaries. This is primarily used internally.
    
    Specified by:
    
    update in interface UpdatableSummary<String[]>
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - update value
    
    Returns:
    
    this
  - hashCode
```
public int hashCode()
```
    Overrides:
    
    hashCode in class Object
  - equals
```
public boolean equals(Object summary)
```
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class Object
  - getValue
```
public String[] getValue()
```
    Returns:
    
    the nodes array for this summary.