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18 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase;
19
20 import java.io.IOException;
21
22 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.classification.InterfaceAudience;
23
24 /**
25 * Using this Interface one can mark a Cell as timestamp changeable. <br>
26 * Note : Server side Cell implementations in write path must implement this.
27 */
28 @InterfaceAudience.LimitedPrivate(HBaseInterfaceAudience.COPROC)
29 public interface SettableTimestamp {
30
31 /**
32 * Sets with the given timestamp.
33 * @param ts
34 */
35 void setTimestamp(long ts) throws IOException;
36
37 /**
38 * Sets with the given timestamp.
39 * @param ts buffer containing the timestamp value
40 * @param tsOffset offset to the new timestamp
41 */
42 void setTimestamp(byte[] ts, int tsOffset) throws IOException;
43 }