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<p>
Most of the remainder of this document illustrates the use of the
DB Java Collections API by presenting a tutorial that describes usage of the API.
This tutorial builds a shipment database, a familiar example from classic
database texts.
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The examples illustrate the following concepts of the DB Java Collections API:
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Object-to-data <span class="emphasis"><em>bindings</em></span>
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The database <span class="emphasis"><em>environment</em></span>
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<span class="emphasis"><em>Databases</em></span> that contain key/value records
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<span class="emphasis"><em>Secondary index</em></span> databases that contain index keys
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Java <span class="emphasis"><em>collections</em></span> for accessing databases and
indices
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<span class="emphasis"><em>Transactions</em></span> used to commit or undo database
changes
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The examples build on each other, but at the same time the
source code for each example stands alone.
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Using Secondary Indices
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Using Entity Classes
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Using Tuples
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The shipment database consists of three database stores: the
part store, the supplier store, and the shipment store. Each store
contains a number of records, and each record consists of a key and
a value.
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<th>Store</th>
<th>Key</th>
<th>Value</th>
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<td>Part</td>
<td>Part Number</td>
<td>Name, Color, Weight, City</td>
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<td>Supplier</td>
<td>Supplier Number</td>
<td>Name, Status, City</td>
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<td>Shipment</td>
<td>Part Number, Supplier Number</td>
<td>Quantity</td>
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In the example programs, Java classes containing the fields
above are defined for the key and value of each store:
<tt class="classname">PartKey</tt>,
<tt class="classname">PartData</tt>,
<tt class="classname">SupplierKey</tt>,
<tt class="classname">SupplierData</tt>,
<tt class="classname">ShipmentKey</tt> and <tt class="classname">ShipmentData</tt>. In
addition, because the Part's Weight field is itself composed of two
fields — the weight value and the unit of measure — it is
represented by a separate <tt class="classname">Weight</tt> class. These classes will
be defined in the first example program.
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In general the DB Java Collections API uses bindings to
describe how Java objects are stored. A binding defines the stored
data syntax and the mapping between a Java object and the stored
data. The example programs show how to create different types of
bindings, and explains the characteristics of each type.
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The following tables show the record values that are used in
all the example programs in the tutorial.
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<td>P1</td>
<td>Nut</td>
<td>Red</td>
<td>12.0 grams</td>
<td>London</td>
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<td>P2</td>
<td>Bolt</td>
<td>Green</td>
<td>17.0 grams</td>
<td>Paris</td>
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<td>P3</td>
<td>Screw</td>
<td>Blue</td>
<td>17.0 grams</td>
<td>Rome</td>
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<td>P4</td>
<td>Screw</td>
<td>Red</td>
<td>14.0 grams</td>
<td>London</td>
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<td>P5</td>
<td>Cam</td>
<td>Blue</td>
<td>12.0 grams</td>
<td>Paris</td>
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<td>P6</td>
<td>Cog</td>
<td>Red</td>
<td>19.0 grams</td>
<td>London</td>
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<td>S1</td>
<td>Smith</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>London</td>
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<td>S2</td>
<td>Jones</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>Paris</td>
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<td>S3</td>
<td>Blake</td>
<td>30</td>
<td>Paris</td>
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<td>S4</td>
<td>Clark</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>London</td>
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<td>S5</td>
<td>Adams</td>
<td>30</td>
<td>Athens</td>
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<th>Quantity</th>
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<td>P1</td>
<td>S1</td>
<td>300</td>
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<td>P1</td>
<td>S2</td>
<td>300</td>
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<td>P2</td>
<td>S1</td>
<td>200</td>
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<td>P2</td>
<td>S2</td>
<td>400</td>
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<td>P2</td>
<td>S3</td>
<td>200</td>
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<td>P2</td>
<td>S4</td>
<td>200</td>
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<td>P3</td>
<td>S1</td>
<td>400</td>
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<td>P4</td>
<td>S1</td>
<td>200</td>
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<td>P4</td>
<td>S4</td>
<td>300</td>
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<td>P5</td>
<td>S1</td>
<td>100</td>
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<td>P5</td>
<td>S4</td>
<td>400</td>
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<td>P6</td>
<td>S1</td>
<td>100</td>
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