Method Detail

• appendFileInfo

  void appendFileInfo(byte[] key,
                    byte[] value)
                      throws IOException

  Add an element to the file info map.

  Throws:

  IOException

• append

  void append(Cell cell)
              throws IOException

  Throws:

  IOException

• getPath

  org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path getPath()

  Returns:

  the path to this HFile

• addInlineBlockWriter

  void addInlineBlockWriter(InlineBlockWriter bloomWriter)

  Adds an inline block writer such as a multi-level block index writer or a compound Bloom filter writer.

• appendMetaBlock

  void appendMetaBlock(String bloomFilterMetaKey,
                     org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable metaWriter)

• addGeneralBloomFilter

  void addGeneralBloomFilter(BloomFilterWriter bfw)

  Store general Bloom filter in the file. This does not deal with Bloom filter internals but is necessary, since Bloom filters are stored differently in HFile version 1 and version 2.

• addDeleteFamilyBloomFilter

  void addDeleteFamilyBloomFilter(BloomFilterWriter bfw)
                                  throws IOException

  Store delete family Bloom filter in the file, which is only supported in HFile V2.

  Throws:

  IOException

• getFileContext

  HFileContext getFileContext()

  Return the file context for the HFile this writer belongs to