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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase;
import java.util.Comparator;
import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceStability;
/**
* Comparator for comparing cells and has some specialized methods that allows comparing individual
* cell components like row, family, qualifier and timestamp
*/
@InterfaceAudience.Public
@InterfaceStability.Evolving
public interface CellComparator extends Comparator| {
/**
* A comparator for ordering cells in user-space tables. Useful when writing cells in sorted
* order as necessary for bulk import (i.e. via MapReduce)
*
* CAUTION: This comparator may provide inaccurate ordering for cells from system tables,
* and should not be relied upon in that case.
*/
static CellComparator getInstance() {
return CellComparatorImpl.COMPARATOR;
}
/**
* Lexographically compares two cells. The key part of the cell is taken for comparison which
* includes row, family, qualifier, timestamp and type
* @param leftCell the left hand side cell
* @param rightCell the right hand side cell
* @return greater than 0 if leftCell is bigger, less than 0 if rightCell is bigger, 0 if both
* cells are equal
*/
@Override
int compare(Cell leftCell, Cell rightCell);
/**
* Compare cells.
* @param ignoreSequenceid True if we are to compare the key portion only and ignore
* the sequenceid. Set to false to compare key and consider sequenceid.
* @return 0 if equal, -1 if a < b, and +1 if a > b.
*/
int compare(Cell leftCell, Cell rightCell, boolean ignoreSequenceid);
/**
* Lexographically compares the rows of two cells.
* @param leftCell the left hand side cell
* @param rightCell the right hand side cell
* @return greater than 0 if leftCell is bigger, less than 0 if rightCell is bigger, 0 if both
* cells are equal
*/
int compareRows(Cell leftCell, Cell rightCell);
/**
* Compares the row part of the cell with a simple plain byte[] like the
* stopRow in Scan.
* @param cell the cell
* @param bytes the byte[] representing the row to be compared with
* @param offset the offset of the byte[]
* @param length the length of the byte[]
* @return greater than 0 if leftCell is bigger, less than 0 if rightCell is bigger, 0 if both
* cells are equal
*/
int compareRows(Cell cell, byte[] bytes, int offset, int length);
/**
* Lexographically compares the two cells excluding the row part. It compares family, qualifier,
* timestamp and the type
* @param leftCell the left hand side cell
* @param rightCell the right hand side cell
* @return greater than 0 if leftCell is bigger, less than 0 if rightCell is bigger, 0 if both
* cells are equal
*/
int compareWithoutRow(Cell leftCell, Cell rightCell);
/**
* Lexographically compares the families of the two cells
* @param leftCell the left hand side cell
* @param rightCell the right hand side cell
* @return greater than 0 if leftCell is bigger, less than 0 if rightCell is bigger, 0 if both
* cells are equal
*/
int compareFamilies(Cell leftCell, Cell rightCell);
/**
* Lexographically compares the qualifiers of the two cells
* @param leftCell the left hand side cell
* @param rightCell the right hand side cell
* @return greater than 0 if leftCell is bigger, less than 0 if rightCell is bigger, 0 if both
* cells are equal
*/
int compareQualifiers(Cell leftCell, Cell rightCell);
/**
* Compares cell's timestamps in DESCENDING order. The below older timestamps sorting ahead of
* newer timestamps looks wrong but it is intentional. This way, newer timestamps are first found
* when we iterate over a memstore and newer versions are the first we trip over when reading from
* a store file.
* @param leftCell the left hand side cell
* @param rightCell the right hand side cell
* @return 1 if left's timestamp < right's timestamp -1 if left's timestamp > right's
* timestamp 0 if both timestamps are equal
*/
int compareTimestamps(Cell leftCell, Cell rightCell);
/**
* Compares cell's timestamps in DESCENDING order. The below older timestamps sorting ahead of
* newer timestamps looks wrong but it is intentional. This way, newer timestamps are first found
* when we iterate over a memstore and newer versions are the first we trip over when reading from
* a store file.
* @param leftCellts the left cell's timestamp
* @param rightCellts the right cell's timestamp
* @return 1 if left's timestamp < right's timestamp -1 if left's timestamp > right's
* timestamp 0 if both timestamps are equal
*/
int compareTimestamps(long leftCellts, long rightCellts);
/**
* @return A dumbed-down, fast comparator for hbase2 base-type, the {@link ByteBufferKeyValue}.
* Create an instance when you make a new memstore, when you know only BBKVs will be passed.
* Do not pollute with types other than BBKV if can be helped; the Comparator will slow.
*/
Comparator getSimpleComparator();
}
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