org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.commons.sort

Class ExternalSort

java.lang.Object

org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.commons.sort.ExternalSort

public class ExternalSort
extends Object

Source copied from a publicly available library.

See Also:

https://code.google.com/p/externalsortinginjava Goal: offer a generic external-memory sorting program in Java. It must be : - hackable (easy to adapt) - scalable to large files - sensibly efficient. This software is in the public domain. Usage: java org/apache/oak/commons/sort//ExternalSort somefile.txt out.txt You can change the default maximal number of temporary files with the -t flag: java org/apache/oak/commons/sort/ExternalSort somefile.txt out.txt -t 3 For very large files, you might want to use an appropriate flag to allocate more memory to the Java VM: java -Xms2G org/apache/oak/commons/sort/ExternalSort somefile.txt out.txt By (in alphabetical order) Philippe Beaudoin, Eleftherios Chetzakis, Jon Elsas, Christan Grant, Daniel Haran, Daniel Lemire, Sugumaran Harikrishnan, Jerry Yang, First published: April 2010 originally posted at http://lemire.me/blog/archives/2010/04/01/external-memory-sorting-in-java/

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static Comparator<String>	defaultcomparator

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ExternalSort()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	displayUsage()
static long	estimateBestSizeOfBlocks(File filetobesorted, int maxtmpfiles)
static void	main(String[] args)
static int	merge(BufferedWriter fbw, Comparator<String> cmp, boolean distinct, List<org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.commons.sort.BinaryFileBuffer> buffers) This merges several BinaryFileBuffer to an output writer.
static int	mergeSortedFiles(List<File> files, File outputfile) This merges a bunch of temporary flat files
static int	mergeSortedFiles(List<File> files, File outputfile, Comparator<String> cmp) This merges a bunch of temporary flat files
static int	mergeSortedFiles(List<File> files, File outputfile, Comparator<String> cmp, boolean distinct) This merges a bunch of temporary flat files
static int	mergeSortedFiles(List<File> files, File outputfile, Comparator<String> cmp, Charset cs) This merges a bunch of temporary flat files
static int	mergeSortedFiles(List<File> files, File outputfile, Comparator<String> cmp, Charset cs, boolean distinct) This merges a bunch of temporary flat files
static int	mergeSortedFiles(List<File> files, File outputfile, Comparator<String> cmp, Charset cs, boolean distinct, boolean append, boolean usegzip) This merges a bunch of temporary flat files
static void	sort(File input, File output)
static File	sortAndSave(List<String> tmplist, Comparator<String> cmp, Charset cs, File tmpdirectory) Sort a list and save it to a temporary file
static File	sortAndSave(List<String> tmplist, Comparator<String> cmp, Charset cs, File tmpdirectory, boolean distinct, boolean usegzip) Sort a list and save it to a temporary file
static List<File>	sortInBatch(File file) This will simply load the file by blocks of lines, then sort them in-memory, and write the result to temporary files that have to be merged later.
static List<File>	sortInBatch(File file, Comparator<String> cmp) This will simply load the file by blocks of lines, then sort them in-memory, and write the result to temporary files that have to be merged later.
static List<File>	sortInBatch(File file, Comparator<String> cmp, boolean distinct) This will simply load the file by blocks of lines, then sort them in-memory, and write the result to temporary files that have to be merged later.
static List<File>	sortInBatch(File file, Comparator<String> cmp, int maxtmpfiles, Charset cs, File tmpdirectory, boolean distinct) This will simply load the file by blocks of lines, then sort them in-memory, and write the result to temporary files that have to be merged later.
static List<File>	sortInBatch(File file, Comparator<String> cmp, int maxtmpfiles, Charset cs, File tmpdirectory, boolean distinct, int numHeader, boolean usegzip) This will simply load the file by blocks of lines, then sort them in-memory, and write the result to temporary files that have to be merged later.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

defaultcomparator

public static Comparator<String> defaultcomparator

Constructor Detail

ExternalSort

public ExternalSort()

Method Detail

sort

public static void sort(File input,
        File output)
                 throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

estimateBestSizeOfBlocks

public static long estimateBestSizeOfBlocks(File filetobesorted,
                            int maxtmpfiles)

sortInBatch

public static List<File> sortInBatch(File file)
                              throws IOException

This will simply load the file by blocks of lines, then sort them in-memory, and write the result to temporary files that have to be merged later.

Parameters:

file - some flat file

cmp - string comparator

Returns:

a list of temporary flat files

Throws:

IOException

sortInBatch

public static List<File> sortInBatch(File file,
                     Comparator<String> cmp)
                              throws IOException

This will simply load the file by blocks of lines, then sort them in-memory, and write the result to temporary files that have to be merged later.

Parameters:

file - some flat file

cmp - string comparator

Returns:

a list of temporary flat files

Throws:

IOException

sortInBatch

public static List<File> sortInBatch(File file,
                     Comparator<String> cmp,
                     boolean distinct)
                              throws IOException

This will simply load the file by blocks of lines, then sort them in-memory, and write the result to temporary files that have to be merged later.

Parameters:

file - some flat file

cmp - string comparator

distinct - Pass true if duplicate lines should be discarded.

Returns:

a list of temporary flat files

Throws:

IOException

sortInBatch

public static List<File> sortInBatch(File file,
                     Comparator<String> cmp,
                     int maxtmpfiles,
                     Charset cs,
                     File tmpdirectory,
                     boolean distinct,
                     int numHeader,
                     boolean usegzip)
                              throws IOException

This will simply load the file by blocks of lines, then sort them in-memory, and write the result to temporary files that have to be merged later. You can specify a bound on the number of temporary files that will be created.

Parameters:

file - some flat file

cmp - string comparator

maxtmpfiles - maximal number of temporary files

Charset - character set to use (can use Charset.defaultCharset())

tmpdirectory - location of the temporary files (set to null for default location)

distinct - Pass true if duplicate lines should be discarded.

numHeader - number of lines to preclude before sorting starts

Returns:

a list of temporary flat files

Throws:

IOException

sortInBatch

public static List<File> sortInBatch(File file,
                     Comparator<String> cmp,
                     int maxtmpfiles,
                     Charset cs,
                     File tmpdirectory,
                     boolean distinct)
                              throws IOException

This will simply load the file by blocks of lines, then sort them in-memory, and write the result to temporary files that have to be merged later. You can specify a bound on the number of temporary files that will be created.

Parameters:

file - some flat file

cmp - string comparator

maxtmpfiles - maximal number of temporary files

Charset - character set to use (can use Charset.defaultCharset())

tmpdirectory - location of the temporary files (set to null for default location)

distinct - Pass true if duplicate lines should be discarded.

Returns:

a list of temporary flat files

Throws:

IOException

sortAndSave

public static File sortAndSave(List<String> tmplist,
               Comparator<String> cmp,
               Charset cs,
               File tmpdirectory,
               boolean distinct,
               boolean usegzip)
                        throws IOException

Sort a list and save it to a temporary file

Parameters:

tmplist - data to be sorted

cmp - string comparator

cs - charset to use for output (can use Charset.defaultCharset())

tmpdirectory - location of the temporary files (set to null for default location)

distinct - Pass true if duplicate lines should be discarded.

Returns:

the file containing the sorted data

Throws:

IOException

sortAndSave

public static File sortAndSave(List<String> tmplist,
               Comparator<String> cmp,
               Charset cs,
               File tmpdirectory)
                        throws IOException

Sort a list and save it to a temporary file

Parameters:

tmplist - data to be sorted

cmp - string comparator

cs - charset to use for output (can use Charset.defaultCharset())

tmpdirectory - location of the temporary files (set to null for default location)

Returns:

the file containing the sorted data

Throws:

IOException

mergeSortedFiles

public static int mergeSortedFiles(List<File> files,
                   File outputfile)
                            throws IOException

This merges a bunch of temporary flat files

Parameters:

files -

output - file

Returns:

The number of lines sorted. (P. Beaudoin)

Throws:

IOException

mergeSortedFiles

public static int mergeSortedFiles(List<File> files,
                   File outputfile,
                   Comparator<String> cmp)
                            throws IOException

This merges a bunch of temporary flat files

Parameters:

files -

output - file

Returns:

The number of lines sorted. (P. Beaudoin)

Throws:

IOException

mergeSortedFiles

public static int mergeSortedFiles(List<File> files,
                   File outputfile,
                   Comparator<String> cmp,
                   boolean distinct)
                            throws IOException

This merges a bunch of temporary flat files

Parameters:

files -

output - file

Returns:

The number of lines sorted. (P. Beaudoin)

Throws:

IOException

mergeSortedFiles

public static int mergeSortedFiles(List<File> files,
                   File outputfile,
                   Comparator<String> cmp,
                   Charset cs,
                   boolean distinct,
                   boolean append,
                   boolean usegzip)
                            throws IOException

This merges a bunch of temporary flat files

Parameters:

files - The List of sorted Files to be merged.

Charset - character set to use to load the strings

distinct - Pass true if duplicate lines should be discarded. (elchetz@gmail.com)

outputfile - The output File to merge the results to.

cmp - The Comparator to use to compare Strings.

cs - The Charset to be used for the byte to character conversion.

append - Pass true if result should append to File instead of overwrite. Default to be false for overloading methods.

usegzip - assumes we used gzip compression for temporary files

Returns:

The number of lines sorted. (P. Beaudoin)

Throws:

IOException

Since:

v0.1.4

merge

public static int merge(BufferedWriter fbw,
        Comparator<String> cmp,
        boolean distinct,
        List<org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.commons.sort.BinaryFileBuffer> buffers)
                 throws IOException

This merges several BinaryFileBuffer to an output writer.

Parameters:

BufferedWriter - A buffer where we write the data.

cmp - A comparator object that tells us how to sort the lines.

distinct - Pass true if duplicate lines should be discarded. (elchetz@gmail.com)

buffers - Where the data should be read.

Returns:

The number of lines sorted. (P. Beaudoin)

Throws:

IOException

mergeSortedFiles

public static int mergeSortedFiles(List<File> files,
                   File outputfile,
                   Comparator<String> cmp,
                   Charset cs,
                   boolean distinct)
                            throws IOException

This merges a bunch of temporary flat files

Parameters:

files - The List of sorted Files to be merged.

Charset - character set to use to load the strings

distinct - Pass true if duplicate lines should be discarded. (elchetz@gmail.com)

outputfile - The output File to merge the results to.

cmp - The Comparator to use to compare Strings.

cs - The Charset to be used for the byte to character conversion.

Returns:

The number of lines sorted. (P. Beaudoin)

Throws:

IOException

Since:

v0.1.2

mergeSortedFiles

public static int mergeSortedFiles(List<File> files,
                   File outputfile,
                   Comparator<String> cmp,
                   Charset cs)
                            throws IOException

This merges a bunch of temporary flat files

Parameters:

files -

output - file

Charset - character set to use to load the strings

Returns:

The number of lines sorted. (P. Beaudoin)

Throws:

IOException

displayUsage

public static void displayUsage()

main

public static void main(String[] args)
                 throws IOException

Throws:

IOException