com.google.appengine.api.datastore
Enum DatastoreService.KeyRangeState

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.lang.Enum<DatastoreService.KeyRangeState>
      extended by com.google.appengine.api.datastore.DatastoreService.KeyRangeState
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable<DatastoreService.KeyRangeState>
Enclosing interface:
DatastoreService

public static enum DatastoreService.KeyRangeState
extends java.lang.Enum<DatastoreService.KeyRangeState>

Indicates the state of a KeyRange.

See Also:
DatastoreService.allocateIdRange(KeyRange)

Enum Constant Summary
COLLISION
          Indicates that entities with keys inside the given KeyRange already exist and writing to this range will overwrite those entities.
CONTENTION
          Indicates the given KeyRange is empty but the datastore's automatic ID allocator may assign new entities keys in this range.
EMPTY
          Indicates the given KeyRange is empty and the datastore's automatic ID allocator will not assign keys in this range to new entities.
 
Method Summary
static DatastoreService.KeyRangeState valueOf(java.lang.String name)
          Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static DatastoreService.KeyRangeState[] values()
          Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum
compareTo, equals, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Enum Constant Detail

EMPTY

public static final DatastoreService.KeyRangeState EMPTY
Indicates the given KeyRange is empty and the datastore's automatic ID allocator will not assign keys in this range to new entities.


CONTENTION

public static final DatastoreService.KeyRangeState CONTENTION
Indicates the given KeyRange is empty but the datastore's automatic ID allocator may assign new entities keys in this range. However it is safe to manually assign Keys in this range if either of the following is true:

The datastore's automatic ID allocator will not assign a key to a new entity that will overwrite an existing entity, so once the range is populated there will no longer be any contention.


COLLISION

public static final DatastoreService.KeyRangeState COLLISION
Indicates that entities with keys inside the given KeyRange already exist and writing to this range will overwrite those entities. Additionally the implications of CONTENTION apply. If overwriting entities that exist in this range is acceptable it is safe to use the given range.

The datastore's automatic ID allocator will never assign a key to a new entity that will overwrite an existing entity so entities written by the user to this range will never be overwritten by an entity with an automatically assigned key.

Method Detail

values

public static DatastoreService.KeyRangeState[] values()
Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:
for (DatastoreService.KeyRangeState c : DatastoreService.KeyRangeState.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:
an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static DatastoreService.KeyRangeState valueOf(java.lang.String name)
Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:
name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.
Returns:
the enum constant with the specified name
Throws:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name
java.lang.NullPointerException - if the argument is null