org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client
Interface Scanner

All Superinterfaces:

Closeable, Iterable<RowResult>

All Known Implementing Classes:

HTable.OldClientScanner

Deprecated. See ResultScanner

public interface Scanner
extends Closeable, Iterable<RowResult>

Interface for client-side scanning. Go to HTable to obtain instances.

Method Summary

void	close() Deprecated. Closes the scanner and releases any resources it has allocated
RowResult	next() Deprecated. Grab the next row's worth of values.
RowResult[]	next(int nbRows) Deprecated.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Iterable

iterator

Method Detail

next

RowResult next()
               throws IOException

Deprecated.

Grab the next row's worth of values.

Returns:

RowResult object if there is another row, null if the scanner is exhausted.

Throws:

IOException

next

RowResult[] next(int nbRows)
                 throws IOException

Deprecated.

Parameters:

nbRows - number of rows to return

Returns:

Between zero and nbRows Results

Throws:

IOException

close

void close()

Deprecated.

Closes the scanner and releases any resources it has allocated

Specified by:

close in interface Closeable