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19  package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client;
20  
21  import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.classification.InterfaceAudience;
22  import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.classification.InterfaceStability;
23  
24  import java.io.Closeable;
25  import java.io.IOException;
26  
27  /**
28   * Interface for client-side scanning.
29   * Go to {@link Table} to obtain instances.
30   */
31  @InterfaceAudience.Public
32  @InterfaceStability.Stable
33  public interface ResultScanner extends Closeable, Iterable<Result> {
34  
35    /**
36     * Grab the next row's worth of values. The scanner will return a Result.
37     * @return Result object if there is another row, null if the scanner is
38     * exhausted.
39     * @throws IOException e
40     */
41    Result next() throws IOException;
42  
43    /**
44     * @param nbRows number of rows to return
45     * @return Between zero and nbRows results
46     * @throws IOException e
47     */
48    Result [] next(int nbRows) throws IOException;
49  
50    /**
51     * Closes the scanner and releases any resources it has allocated
52     */
53    @Override
54    void close();
55  }