Storage space is sequence of fixed size blocks. IO operations (read byte[], write long…) can not cross block boundaries.
block at zero offset, very first block in file
file is storage space with uniform addressing (single increasing offset). MapDB was originally file only, but now file could be also in memory, on-partition… TODO use volume name?
Serialized object stored in database. Usually btree node, linked node…
Record ID. Unique identificator for stored record, similar to memory pointer… Put operation will return unique recid. Recids are reused after delete.
Zero block has special format.
Translates logical offset (recids) to physical offset in file. Recid is offset Index Table.
Stack of longs, used to store information about free space and free slots in Index Table
Files have uniform addressing space (single offset), their can be expanded or shrinked. Memory store might be implemented as series of byte[], to allow expansion.