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018package org.apache.hadoop.hbase;
019
020import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
021
022/**
023 * Implementer can return a CellScanner over its Cell content.
024 * Class name is ugly but mimicing java.util.Iterable only we are about the dumber
025 * CellScanner rather than say Iterator<Cell>.  See CellScanner class comment for why we go
026 * dumber than java.util.Iterator.
027 */
028@InterfaceAudience.Public
029public interface CellScannable {
030  /**
031   * @return A CellScanner over the contained {@link Cell}s
032   */
033  CellScanner cellScanner();
034}