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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Cell;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseInterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.RegionInfo;
import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceStability;

/**
 * RegionScanner describes iterators over rows in an HRegion.
 */
@InterfaceAudience.LimitedPrivate(HBaseInterfaceAudience.COPROC)
@InterfaceStability.Evolving
public interface RegionScanner extends InternalScanner {
  /** Returns The RegionInfo for this scanner. */
  RegionInfo getRegionInfo();

  /**
   * @return True if a filter indicates that this scanner will return no further rows.
   * @throws IOException in case of I/O failure on a filter.
   */
  boolean isFilterDone() throws IOException;

  /**
   * Do a reseek to the required row. Should not be used to seek to a key which may come before the
   * current position. Always seeks to the beginning of a row boundary. if row is null
   */
  boolean reseek(byte[] row) throws IOException;

  /**
   * @return The preferred max buffersize. See
   *         {@link org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Scan#setMaxResultSize(long)}
   */
  long getMaxResultSize();

  /** Returns The Scanner's MVCC readPt see {@link MultiVersionConcurrencyControl} */
  long getMvccReadPoint();

  /**
   * @return The limit on the number of cells to retrieve on each call to next(). See
   *         {@link org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Scan#setBatch(int)}
   */
  int getBatch();

  /**
   * Grab the next row's worth of values. This is a special internal method to be called from
   * coprocessor hooks to avoid expensive setup. Caller must set the thread's readpoint, start and
   * close a region operation, an synchronize on the scanner object. Caller should maintain and
   * update metrics. See {@link #nextRaw(List, ScannerContext)}
   * @param result return output array
   * @return true if more rows exist after this one, false if scanner is done
   * @throws IOException e
   */
  boolean nextRaw(List result) throws IOException;

  /**
   * Grab the next row's worth of values. The {@link ScannerContext} is used to enforce and track
   * any limits associated with this call. Any progress that exists in the {@link ScannerContext}
   * prior to calling this method will be LOST if {@link ScannerContext#getKeepProgress()} is false.
   * Upon returning from this method, the {@link ScannerContext} will contain information about the
   * progress made towards the limits. This is a special internal method to be called from
   * coprocessor hooks to avoid expensive setup. Caller must set the thread's readpoint, start and
   * close a region operation, an synchronize on the scanner object. Example: 
   * HRegion region = ...;
   * RegionScanner scanner = ...
   * MultiVersionConcurrencyControl.setThreadReadPoint(scanner.getMvccReadPoint());
   * region.startRegionOperation();
   * try {
   *   synchronized(scanner) {
   *     ...
   *     boolean moreRows = scanner.nextRaw(values);
   *     ...
   *   }
   * } finally {
   *   region.closeRegionOperation();
   * }
   * 
   * @param result         return output array
   * @param scannerContext The {@link ScannerContext} instance encapsulating all limits that should
   *                       be tracked during calls to this method. The progress towards these limits
   *                       can be tracked within this instance.
   * @return true if more rows exist after this one, false if scanner is done
   * @throws IOException e
   */
  boolean nextRaw(List result, ScannerContext scannerContext) throws IOException;
}