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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile;
import java.io.Closeable;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Cell;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.Shipper;
import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
/**
* A scanner allows you to position yourself within a HFile and scan through it. It allows you to
* reposition yourself as well.
*
* A scanner doesn't always have a key/value that it is pointing to when it is first created and
* before {@link #seekTo()}/{@link #seekTo(Cell)} are called. In this case,
* {@link #getKey()}/{@link #getValue()} returns null. At most other times, a key and value will be
* available. The general pattern is that you position the Scanner using the seekTo variants and
* then getKey and getValue.
*/
@InterfaceAudience.Private
public interface HFileScanner extends Shipper, Closeable {
/**
* SeekTo or just before the passed cell. Examine the return code to figure whether
* we found the cell or not. Consider the cell stream of all the cells in the file,
* c[0] .. c[n], where there are n cells in the file.
* @return -1, if cell < c[0], no position; 0, such that c[i] = cell and scanner is left in
* position i; and 1, such that c[i] < cell, and scanner is left in position i. The
* scanner will position itself between c[i] and c[i+1] where c[i] < cell <= c[i+1].
* If there is no cell c[i+1] greater than or equal to the input cell, then the scanner
* will position itself at the end of the file and next() will return false when it is
* called.
*/
int seekTo(Cell cell) throws IOException;
/**
* Reseek to or just before the passed cell. Similar to seekTo except that this can
* be called even if the scanner is not at the beginning of a file. This can be used to seek only
* to cells which come after the current position of the scanner. Consider the cell stream of all
* the cells in the file, c[0] .. c[n], where there are n cellc in the file after
* current position of HFileScanner. The scanner will position itself between c[i] and c[i+1]
* where c[i] < cell <= c[i+1]. If there is no cell c[i+1] greater than or equal to the
* input cell, then the scanner will position itself at the end of the file and next() will return
* false when it is called.
* @param cell Cell to find (should be non-null)
* @return -1, if cell < c[0], no position; 0, such that c[i] = cell and scanner is left in
* position i; and 1, such that c[i] < cell, and scanner is left in position i.
*/
int reseekTo(Cell cell) throws IOException;
/**
* Consider the cell stream of all the cells in the file, c[0] .. c[n], where there
* are n cells in the file.
* @param cell Cell to find
* @return false if cell <= c[0] or true with scanner in position 'i' such that: c[i] <
* cell. Furthermore: there may be a c[i+1], such that c[i] < cell <= c[i+1] but
* there may also NOT be a c[i+1], and next() will return false (EOF).
*/
boolean seekBefore(Cell cell) throws IOException;
/**
* Positions this scanner at the start of the file.
* @return False if empty file; i.e. a call to next would return false and the current key and
* value are undefined.
*/
boolean seekTo() throws IOException;
/**
* Scans to the next entry in the file.
* @return Returns false if you are at the end otherwise true if more in file.
*/
boolean next() throws IOException;
/**
* Gets the current key in the form of a cell. You must call {@link #seekTo(Cell)} before this
* method.
* @return gets the current key as a Cell.
*/
Cell getKey();
/**
* Gets a buffer view to the current value. You must call {@link #seekTo(Cell)} before this
* method.
* @return byte buffer for the value. The limit is set to the value size, and the position is 0,
* the start of the buffer view.
*/
ByteBuffer getValue();
/** Returns Instance of {@link org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Cell}. */
Cell getCell();
/**
* Convenience method to get a copy of the key as a string - interpreting the bytes as UTF8. You
* must call {@link #seekTo(Cell)} before this method.
* @return key as a string
* @deprecated Since hbase-2.0.0
*/
@Deprecated
String getKeyString();
/**
* Convenience method to get a copy of the value as a string - interpreting the bytes as UTF8. You
* must call {@link #seekTo(Cell)} before this method.
* @return value as a string
* @deprecated Since hbase-2.0.0
*/
@Deprecated
String getValueString();
/** Returns Reader that underlies this Scanner instance. */
HFile.Reader getReader();
/**
* @return True is scanner has had one of the seek calls invoked; i.e. {@link #seekBefore(Cell)}
* or {@link #seekTo()} or {@link #seekTo(Cell)}. Otherwise returns false.
*/
boolean isSeeked();
/** Returns the next key in the index (the key to seek to the next block) */
Cell getNextIndexedKey();
/**
* Close this HFile scanner and do necessary cleanup.
*/
@Override
void close();
}