if (_groupByType == GB_PROJECTION)
tupleHash = MyUtilities.createHashString(tuple, _groupByColumns,
_groupByProjection.getExpressions(), _map);
else
tupleHash = MyUtilities.createHashString(tuple, _groupByColumns, _map);
final SumCount sumCount = _storage.update(tuple, tupleHash);
final String strValue = _wrapper.toString(sumCount);
// propagate further the affected tupleHash-tupleValue pair
final List<String> affectedTuple = new ArrayList<String>();
affectedTuple.add(tupleHash);