cassandra-trunk/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/AbstractArrayClusteringPrefix.java
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package org.apache.cassandra.db;


import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

import org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.ByteArrayAccessor;
import org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.ValueAccessor;

public abstract class AbstractArrayClusteringPrefix extends AbstractOnHeapClusteringPrefix<byte[]>
{
    public static final byte[][] EMPTY_VALUES_ARRAY = new byte[0][];

    public AbstractArrayClusteringPrefix(Kind kind, byte[][] values)
    {
        super(kind, values);
    }

    public ValueAccessor<byte[]> accessor()
    {
        return ByteArrayAccessor.instance;
    }

    public ByteBuffer[] getBufferArray()
    {
        ByteBuffer[] out = new ByteBuffer[values.length];
        for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i++)
        {
            // Compact tables allowed null clustering elements, so take those into account: 
            out[i] = values[i] == null ? null : ByteBuffer.wrap(values[i]);
        }
        return out;
    }

    @Override
    public ClusteringPrefix<byte[]> retainable()
    {
        return this;
    }
}
