net.openhft.chronicle.bytes

Interface DistributedUniqueTimeDeduplicator

public interface DistributedUniqueTimeDeduplicator

Detects and optionally retains the newest timestamp for each host id so duplicates can be filtered.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compareAndRetainNewer(long timestampHostId) As compareByHostId(long) but also retains timestampHostId if it is newer.
int	compareByHostId(long timestampHostId) Compares timestampHostId with the last timestamp held for its host id.

Method Detail

compareByHostId

int compareByHostId(long timestampHostId)

Compares timestampHostId with the last timestamp held for its host id.

Parameters:

timestampHostId - value embedding time and host id

Returns:

-1 if older, 0 if equal or no previous value, +1 if newer

compareAndRetainNewer

int compareAndRetainNewer(long timestampHostId)

As compareByHostId(long) but also retains timestampHostId if it is newer.