## org.apache.cassandra.db
Class DecoratedKey<T extends Token>

    java.lang.Object
      org.apache.cassandra.db.DecoratedKey<T>

All Implemented Interfaces:
  java.lang.Comparable<DecoratedKey>

    public class DecoratedKey<T extends Token>

extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Comparable<DecoratedKey>

Represents a decorated key, handy for certain operations where just working with strings gets slow. We do a lot of sorting of DecoratedKeys, so for speed, we assume that tokens correspond one-to-one with keys. This is not quite correct in the case of RandomPartitioner (which uses MD5 to hash keys to tokens); if this matters, you can subclass RP to use a stronger hash, or use a non-lossy tokenization scheme (as in the OrderPreservingPartitioner classes).

Field Summary
`static java.util.Comparator<DecoratedKey>` `comparator`
`java.nio.ByteBuffer` `key`
`T` `token`

Constructor Summary
`DecoratedKey(T token, java.nio.ByteBuffer key)`

Method Summary
`int` `compareTo(DecoratedKey other)`
`boolean` `equals(java.lang.Object obj)`
`int` `hashCode()`
`boolean` `isEmpty()`
`java.lang.String` `toString()`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

### comparator

    public static final java.util.Comparator<DecoratedKey> comparator

### token

    public final T extends Token token

### key

    public final java.nio.ByteBuffer key

Constructor Detail

### DecoratedKey

    public DecoratedKey(T token,
                        java.nio.ByteBuffer key)

Method Detail

### hashCode

    public int hashCode()

  Overrides:
    `hashCode` in class `java.lang.Object`

### equals

    public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

  Overrides:
    `equals` in class `java.lang.Object`

### compareTo

    public int compareTo(DecoratedKey other)

  Specified by:
    `compareTo` in interface `java.lang.Comparable<DecoratedKey>`

### isEmpty

    public boolean isEmpty()

### toString

    public java.lang.String toString()

  Overrides:
    `toString` in class `java.lang.Object`

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