org.gillius.realdb.io
Interface Formattable

All Known Subinterfaces:

BlockPool, CircularQueueBlockIO

All Known Implementing Classes:

CircularQueue, Database, DataIndex, DataIndexSection, DefaultBlockPool, ReliableSequencedBlock, TransactionLog

public interface Formattable

A Formattable object can format its portion of a BlockFile to complete reset it to an initial state.

Author:

Jason Winnebeck

Method Summary

void	format() Formats the underlying data storage for this object to represent an "initial" (usually means "empty" state).

Method Detail

format

void format()
            throws java.io.IOException

Formats the underlying data storage for this object to represent an "initial" (usually means "empty" state). This operation is not interruptable and if it fails the object and the underlying data storage is an undefined state, which only can be recovered through another format operation.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an error occurs writing to the data storage