自定义Writable类中Comparator的编码

先假设我们要定义的WritableComparable类实现类Block中参与比较的字段如下：

String name;int age;

且比较顺序为：age，name
这里假设在write方法中写入输出流的顺序为age，name

       public static class Comparator extends WritableComparator {
          private static final IntWritable.Comparator INT_COMPARATOR = new IntWritable.Comparator();
          private static final Text.Comparator TEXT_COMPARATOR = new Text.Comparator();
        public Comparator() {
          super(Block.class);
        }

        @Override
        public int compare(byte[] b1, int s1, int l1,
                           byte[] b2, int s2, int l2) {
            try {
                int thisagelen = WritableUtils.decodeVIntSize(b1[s1])+readVInt(b1,s1);
                int thatagelen = WritableUtils.decodeVIntSize(b1[s1])+readVInt(b1,s1);
                //byte数组中数据的存储结构为
                //age.len,age.value,name.len,name.value
                //因此需要先计算age的长度，然后使用基本类型的比较规则
                int cmp = INT_COMPARATOR.compare(b1, s1, thisagelen, b2, s2, thatagelen);
                //如果比较结果返回0即age相等则继续比较name
                if(0!=cmp) return cmp;
                else return TEXT_COMPARATOR.compare(b1, s1+thisagelen, l1-thisagelen, b2, s2+thatagelen, l2-thatagelen);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException();  
            } 
        }
      }

      static {                                        
      // register this comparator
        WritableComparator.define(Block.class, new Comparator());
      }