org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter
Class RegExpRowFilter

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter.RegExpRowFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

RowFilterInterface, Writable

public class RegExpRowFilter
extends Object
implements RowFilterInterface

Implementation of RowFilterInterface that can filter by rowkey regular expression and/or individual column values (equals comparison only). Multiple column filters imply an implicit conjunction of filter criteria.

Constructor Summary

RegExpRowFilter()
Default constructor, filters nothing.

RegExpRowFilter(String rowKeyRegExp)
Constructor that takes a row key regular expression to filter on.

RegExpRowFilter(String rowKeyRegExp, Map<Text,byte[]> columnFilter)
Constructor that takes a row key regular expression to filter on.

Method Summary

boolean	filter(Text rowKey) Filters on just a row key.
boolean	filter(Text rowKey, Text colKey, byte[] data) Filters on row key and/or a column key.
boolean	filterAllRemaining() Determines if the filter has decided that all remaining results should be filtered (skipped).
boolean	filterNotNull(TreeMap<Text,byte[]> columns) Filters a row if: 1) The given row (@param columns) has a columnKey expected to be null AND the value associated with that columnKey is non-null.
boolean	processAlways() Returns whether or not the filter should always be processed in any filtering call.
void	readFields(DataInput in) Deserialize the fields of this object from in.
void	reset() Resets the state of the filter.
void	rowProcessed(boolean filtered, Text rowKey) Called to let filter know the final decision (to pass or filter) on a given row.
void	setColumnFilter(Text colKey, byte[] value) Specify a value that must be matched for the given column.
void	setColumnFilters(Map<Text,byte[]> columnFilter) Set column filters for a number of columns.
void	validate(Text[] columns) Validates that this filter applies only to a subset of the given columns.
void	write(DataOutput out) Serialize the fields of this object to out.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

RegExpRowFilter

public RegExpRowFilter()

Default constructor, filters nothing. Required though for RPC deserialization.

RegExpRowFilter

public RegExpRowFilter(String rowKeyRegExp)

Constructor that takes a row key regular expression to filter on.

Parameters:

rowKeyRegExp -

RegExpRowFilter

public RegExpRowFilter(String rowKeyRegExp,
                       Map<Text,byte[]> columnFilter)

Constructor that takes a row key regular expression to filter on.

Parameters:

rowKeyRegExp -

columnFilter -

Method Detail

rowProcessed

public void rowProcessed(boolean filtered,
                         Text rowKey)

Called to let filter know the final decision (to pass or filter) on a given row. With out HScanner calling this, the filter does not know if a row passed filtering even if it passed the row itself because other filters may have failed the row. E.g. when this filter is a member of a RowFilterSet with an OR operator.

Specified by:

rowProcessed in interface RowFilterInterface

See Also:

RowFilterSet

processAlways

public boolean processAlways()

Returns whether or not the filter should always be processed in any filtering call. This precaution is necessary for filters that maintain state and need to be updated according to their response to filtering calls (see WhileMatchRowFilter for an example). At times, filters nested in RowFilterSets may or may not be called because the RowFilterSet determines a result as fast as possible. Returning true for processAlways() ensures that the filter will always be called.

Specified by:

processAlways in interface RowFilterInterface

Returns:

whether or not to always process the filter

setColumnFilter

public void setColumnFilter(Text colKey,
                            byte[] value)

Specify a value that must be matched for the given column.

Parameters:

colKey - the column to match on

value - the value that must equal the stored value.

setColumnFilters

public void setColumnFilters(Map<Text,byte[]> columnFilter)

Set column filters for a number of columns.

Parameters:

columnFilter - Map of columns with value criteria.

reset

public void reset()

Resets the state of the filter. Used prior to the start of a Region scan.

Specified by:

reset in interface RowFilterInterface

filterAllRemaining

public boolean filterAllRemaining()

Determines if the filter has decided that all remaining results should be filtered (skipped). This is used to prevent the scanner from scanning a the rest of the HRegion when for sure the filter will exclude all remaining rows.

Specified by:

filterAllRemaining in interface RowFilterInterface

Returns:

true if the filter intends to filter all remaining rows.

filter

public boolean filter(Text rowKey)

Filters on just a row key.

Specified by:

filter in interface RowFilterInterface

Returns:

true if given row key is filtered and row should not be processed.

filter

public boolean filter(Text rowKey,
                      Text colKey,
                      byte[] data)

Filters on row key and/or a column key.

Specified by:

filter in interface RowFilterInterface

Parameters:

rowKey - row key to filter on. May be null for no filtering of row key.

colKey - column whose data will be filtered

data - column value

Returns:

true if row filtered and should not be processed.

filterNotNull

public boolean filterNotNull(TreeMap<Text,byte[]> columns)

Filters a row if: 1) The given row (@param columns) has a columnKey expected to be null AND the value associated with that columnKey is non-null. 2) The filter has a criterion for a particular columnKey, but that columnKey is not in the given row (@param columns). Note that filterNotNull does not care whether the values associated with a columnKey match. Also note that a "null value" associated with a columnKey is expressed as HConstants.DELETE_BYTES.

Specified by:

filterNotNull in interface RowFilterInterface

Returns:

true if null/non-null criteria not met.

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

validate

public void validate(Text[] columns)

Validates that this filter applies only to a subset of the given columns. This check is done prior to opening of scanner due to the limitation that filtering of columns is dependent on the retrieval of those columns within the HRegion. Criteria on columns that are not part of a scanner's column list will be ignored. In the case of null value filters, all rows will pass the filter. This behavior should be 'undefined' for the user and therefore not permitted.

Specified by:

validate in interface RowFilterInterface

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