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+// test application
+// shall be used to compare the kelondroDB with other databases
+// with relevance to yacy-specific use cases
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Random;
+
+import de.anomic.server.serverCodings;
+import de.anomic.kelondro.kelondroIndex;
+import de.anomic.kelondro.kelondroTree;
+
+public class dbtest {
+
+    public final static int keylength = 12;
+    public final static int valuelength = 446; // sum of all data length as defined in plasmaURL
+    public final static long buffer = 8192 * 1024; // 8 MB buffer
+    public static byte[] dummyvalue = new byte[valuelength];
+    static {
+        // fill the dummy value
+        for (int i = 0; i < valuelength; i++) dummyvalue[i] = '.';
+    }
+    
+    public static byte[] randomHash(Random r) {
+        // a long can have 64 bit, but a 12-byte hash can have 6 * 12 = 72 bits
+        // so we construct a generic Hash using two long values
+        return (serverCodings.enhancedCoder.encodeBase64Long(Math.abs(r.nextLong()), 11).substring(5) +
+                serverCodings.enhancedCoder.encodeBase64Long(Math.abs(r.nextLong()), 11).substring(5)).getBytes();
+    }
+    
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        String dbe = args[0];       // the database engine
+        String command = args[1];   // test command
+        String tablename = args[2]; // name of test-table
+        
+        long startup = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        try {
+            kelondroIndex table = null;
+            
+            // create the database access
+            if (dbe.equals("kelondro")) {
+                File tablefile = new File(tablename + ".kelondro.db");
+                if (tablefile.exists()) {
+                    table = new kelondroTree(tablefile, buffer);
+                } else {
+                    table = new kelondroTree(tablefile, buffer, keylength, valuelength);
+                }
+            }
+            
+            if (dbe.equals("mysql")) {
+                //...
+            }
+            
+            long afterinit = System.currentTimeMillis();
+            
+            // execute command
+            if (command.equals("create")) {
+                // do nothing, since opening of the database access must handle this
+                System.out.println("Database created");
+            }
+            if (command.equals("fill")) {
+                // fill database with random entries;
+                // args: <number-of-entries> <random-startpoint>
+                long count = Long.parseLong(args[3]);
+                long randomstart = Long.parseLong(args[4]);
+                Random random = new Random(randomstart);
+                for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+                    table.put(new byte[][]{randomHash(random), dummyvalue});
+                }
+            }
+            
+            long aftercommand = System.currentTimeMillis();
+            
+            // finally close the database/table
+            if (table instanceof kelondroTree) ((kelondroTree) table).close();
+            
+            long afterclose = System.currentTimeMillis();
+            
+            System.out.println("Execution time: open=" + (afterinit - startup) + ", command=" + (aftercommand - afterinit) + ", close=" + (afterclose - aftercommand) + ", total=" + (afterclose - startup));
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+    
+}