CachedColumnFactory (Starjava TTOOLS API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

ByteStoreColumnFactory, MemoryColumnFactory, SmartColumnFactory
```
public interface CachedColumnFactory
```
Defines a capability for storing vectors of typed data.

Since:

4 Feb 2013

Author:

Mark Taylor

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`CachedColumn`	`createColumn(StorageType type, long nrow)`	Creates a data storage object capable of storing a vector of a given type.

- Method Detail
  - createColumn
```
CachedColumn createColumn(StorageType type,
                          long nrow)
```
    Creates a data storage object capable of storing a vector of a given type. Both fixed and unknown element counts are supported.
    
    Parameters:
    
    type - data type of elements to be stored
    
    nrow - maximum number of elements to be stored; if a value <0 is supplied, an indeterminate number is permitted
    
    Returns:
    
    storage object