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018package org.apache.hadoop.hbase;
019
020import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
021
022/**
023 * Use {@link CellBuilderFactory} to get CellBuilder instance.
024 */
025@InterfaceAudience.Public
026public interface CellBuilder {
027
028  CellBuilder setRow(final byte[] row);
029
030  CellBuilder setRow(final byte[] row, final int rOffset, final int rLength);
031
032  CellBuilder setFamily(final byte[] family);
033
034  CellBuilder setFamily(final byte[] family, final int fOffset, final int fLength);
035
036  CellBuilder setQualifier(final byte[] qualifier);
037
038  CellBuilder setQualifier(final byte[] qualifier, final int qOffset, final int qLength);
039
040  CellBuilder setTimestamp(final long timestamp);
041
042  CellBuilder setType(final Cell.Type type);
043
044  CellBuilder setValue(final byte[] value);
045
046  CellBuilder setValue(final byte[] value, final int vOffset, final int vLength);
047
048  Cell build();
049
050  /**
051   * Remove all internal elements from builder. n
052   */
053  CellBuilder clear();
054}