org.apache.hadoop.hbase
Class HTableDescriptor

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HTableDescriptor

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable, Writable, WritableComparable

public class HTableDescriptor
extends Object
implements WritableComparable

HTableDescriptor contains the name of an HTable, and its column families.

Constructor Summary

HTableDescriptor()
Constructs an empty object

HTableDescriptor(String name)
Constructor.

Method Summary

void	addFamily(HColumnDescriptor family) Adds a column family.
int	compareTo(Object o)
boolean	equals(Object obj)
TreeMap<Text,HColumnDescriptor>	families() All the column families in this table.
SortedMap<Text,HColumnDescriptor>	getFamilies()
Text	getName()
boolean	hasFamily(Text family) Checks to see if this table contains the given column family
int	hashCode()
void	readFields(DataInput in) Deserialize the fields of this object from in.
String	toString()
void	write(DataOutput out) Serialize the fields of this object to out.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

HTableDescriptor

public HTableDescriptor()

Constructs an empty object

HTableDescriptor

public HTableDescriptor(String name)

Constructor.

Parameters:

name - Table name.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if passed a table name that is made of other than 'word' characters: i.e. [a-zA-Z_0-9]

Method Detail

getName

public Text getName()

Returns:

name of table

addFamily

public void addFamily(HColumnDescriptor family)

Adds a column family.

Parameters:

family - HColumnDescriptor of familyto add.

hasFamily

public boolean hasFamily(Text family)

Checks to see if this table contains the given column family

Parameters:

family - - family name

Returns:

true if the table contains the specified family name

families

public TreeMap<Text,HColumnDescriptor> families()

All the column families in this table. TODO: What is this used for? Seems Dangerous to let people play with our private members.

Returns:

map of family members

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

write

public void write(DataOutput out)
           throws IOException

Serialize the fields of this object to out.

Specified by:

write in interface Writable

Parameters:

out - DataOuput to serialize this object into.

Throws:

IOException

readFields

public void readFields(DataInput in)
                throws IOException

Deserialize the fields of this object from in.

For efficiency, implementations should attempt to re-use storage in the existing object where possible.

Specified by:

readFields in interface Writable

Parameters:

in - DataInput to deseriablize this object from.

Throws:

IOException

compareTo

public int compareTo(Object o)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable

getFamilies

public SortedMap<Text,HColumnDescriptor> getFamilies()

Returns:

Immutable sorted map of families.