void NVMEvictedTable::deleteNVMEvictedTuple(TableTuple source) {
    if(source.address() == NULL)
        return; 
    
    source.freeObjectColumns();
    deleteTupleStorage(source);
}
// helper to make a schema, a tuple and calculate EL size
size_t
TableTupleExportTest::maxElSize(std::vector<uint16_t> &keep_offsets,
                             bool useNullStrings)
{
    TableTuple *tt;
    TupleSchema *ts;
    char buf[1024]; // tuple data

    ts = TupleSchema::createTupleSchema(m_schema, keep_offsets);
    tt = new TableTuple(buf, ts);

    // if the tuple includes strings, add some content
    // assuming all Export tuples were allocated for persistent
    // storage and choosing set* api accordingly here.
    if (ts->columnCount() > 6) {
        NValue nv = ValueFactory::getStringValue("ABCDEabcde"); // 10 char
        if (useNullStrings)
        {
            nv.free(); nv.setNull();
        }
        tt->setNValueAllocateForObjectCopies(6, nv, NULL);
        nv.free();
    }
    if (ts->columnCount() > 7) {
        NValue nv = ValueFactory::getStringValue("abcdeabcdeabcdeabcde"); // 20 char
        if (useNullStrings)
        {
            nv.free(); nv.setNull();
        }
        tt->setNValueAllocateForObjectCopies(7, nv, NULL);
        nv.free();
    }

    // The function under test!
    size_t sz = tt->maxExportSerializationSize();

    // and cleanup
    tt->freeObjectColumns();
    delete tt;
    TupleSchema::freeTupleSchema(ts);

    return sz;
}
// helper to make a schema, a tuple and serialize to a buffer
size_t
TableTupleExportTest::serElSize(std::vector<uint16_t> &keep_offsets,
                             uint8_t *nullArray, char *dataPtr, bool nulls)
{
    TableTuple *tt;
    TupleSchema *ts;
    char buf[1024]; // tuple data

    ts = TupleSchema::createTupleSchema(m_schema, keep_offsets);
    tt = new TableTuple(buf, ts);

    // assuming all Export tuples were allocated for persistent
    // storage and choosing set* api accordingly here.

    switch (ts->columnCount()) {
        // note my sophisticated and clever use of fall through
      case 8:
      {
          NValue nv = ValueFactory::getStringValue("abcdeabcdeabcdeabcde"); // 20 char
          if (nulls) { nv.free(); nv.setNull(); }
          tt->setNValueAllocateForObjectCopies(7, nv, NULL);
          nv.free();
      }
      case 7:
      {
          NValue nv = ValueFactory::getStringValue("ABCDEabcde"); // 10 char
          if (nulls) { nv.free(); nv.setNull(); }
          tt->setNValueAllocateForObjectCopies(6, nv, NULL);
          nv.free();
      }
      case 6:
      {
          NValue nv = ValueFactory::getDecimalValueFromString("-12.34");
          if (nulls) { nv.free(); nv.setNull(); }
          tt->setNValueAllocateForObjectCopies(5, nv, NULL);
          nv.free();
      }
      case 5:
      {
          NValue nv = ValueFactory::getTimestampValue(9999);
          if (nulls) nv.setNull();
          tt->setNValueAllocateForObjectCopies(4, nv, NULL);
          nv.free();
      }
      case 4:
      {
          NValue nv = ValueFactory::getBigIntValue(1024);
          if (nulls) nv.setNull();
          tt->setNValueAllocateForObjectCopies(3, nv, NULL);
          nv.free();
      }
      case 3:
      {
          NValue nv = ValueFactory::getIntegerValue(512);
          if (nulls) nv.setNull();
          tt->setNValueAllocateForObjectCopies(2, nv, NULL);
          nv.free();
      }
      case 2:
      {
          NValue nv = ValueFactory::getSmallIntValue(256);
          if (nulls) nv.setNull();
          tt->setNValueAllocateForObjectCopies(1, nv, NULL);
          nv.free();
      }
      case 1:
      {
          NValue nv = ValueFactory::getTinyIntValue(120);
          if (nulls) nv.setNull();
          tt->setNValueAllocateForObjectCopies(0, nv, NULL);
          nv.free();
      }
      break;

      default:
        // this is an error in the test fixture.
        EXPECT_EQ(0,1);
        break;
    }

    // The function under test!
    ExportSerializeOutput io(dataPtr, 2048);
    tt->serializeToExport(io, 0, nullArray);

    // and cleanup
    tt->freeObjectColumns();
    delete tt;
    TupleSchema::freeTupleSchema(ts);
    return io.position();
}