Constructor Detail

• HFileBlock.Writer

  public HFileBlock.Writer(HFileDataBlockEncoder dataBlockEncoder,
                   HFileContext fileContext)

  Parameters:

  dataBlockEncoder - data block encoding algorithm to use

Method Detail

• finishBlockAndWriteHeaderAndData

  protected void finishBlockAndWriteHeaderAndData(DataOutputStream out)
                                           throws IOException

  Writes the header and the compressed data of this block (or uncompressed data when not using compression) into the given stream. Can be called in the "writing" state or in the "block ready" state. If called in the "writing" state, transitions the writer to the "block ready" state.

  Parameters:

  out - the output stream to write the

  Throws:

  IOException

• encodedBlockSizeWritten

  public int encodedBlockSizeWritten()

  Returns the number of bytes written into the current block so far, or zero if not writing the block at the moment. Note that this will return zero in the "block ready" state as well.

  Returns:

  the number of bytes written