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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile;

import java.io.Closeable;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Cell;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.Shipper;
import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;

/**
 * A scanner allows you to position yourself within a HFile and scan through it. It allows you to
 * reposition yourself as well.
 * <p>
 * A scanner doesn't always have a key/value that it is pointing to when it is first created and
 * before {@link #seekTo()}/{@link #seekTo(Cell)} are called. In this case,
 * {@link #getKey()}/{@link #getValue()} returns null. At most other times, a key and value will be
 * available. The general pattern is that you position the Scanner using the seekTo variants and
 * then getKey and getValue.
 */
@InterfaceAudience.Private
public interface HFileScanner extends Shipper, Closeable {
  /**
   * SeekTo or just before the passed <code>cell</code>. Examine the return code to figure whether
   * we found the cell or not. Consider the cell stream of all the cells in the file,
   * <code>c[0] .. c[n]</code>, where there are n cells in the file. n * @return -1, if cell &lt;
   * c[0], no position; 0, such that c[i] = cell and scanner is left in position i; and 1, such that
   * c[i] &lt; cell, and scanner is left in position i. The scanner will position itself between
   * c[i] and c[i+1] where c[i] &lt; cell &lt;= c[i+1]. If there is no cell c[i+1] greater than or
   * equal to the input cell, then the scanner will position itself at the end of the file and
   * next() will return false when it is called. n
   */
  int seekTo(Cell cell) throws IOException;

  /**
   * Reseek to or just before the passed <code>cell</code>. Similar to seekTo except that this can
   * be called even if the scanner is not at the beginning of a file. This can be used to seek only
   * to cells which come after the current position of the scanner. Consider the cell stream of all
   * the cells in the file, <code>c[0] .. c[n]</code>, where there are n cellc in the file after
   * current position of HFileScanner. The scanner will position itself between c[i] and c[i+1]
   * where c[i] &lt; cell &lt;= c[i+1]. If there is no cell c[i+1] greater than or equal to the
   * input cell, then the scanner will position itself at the end of the file and next() will return
   * false when it is called.
   * @param cell Cell to find (should be non-null)
   * @return -1, if cell &lt; c[0], no position; 0, such that c[i] = cell and scanner is left in
   *         position i; and 1, such that c[i] &lt; cell, and scanner is left in position i. n
   */
  int reseekTo(Cell cell) throws IOException;

  /**
   * Consider the cell stream of all the cells in the file, <code>c[0] .. c[n]</code>, where there
   * are n cells in the file.
   * @param cell Cell to find
   * @return false if cell &lt;= c[0] or true with scanner in position 'i' such that: c[i] &lt;
   *         cell. Furthermore: there may be a c[i+1], such that c[i] &lt; cell &lt;= c[i+1] but
   *         there may also NOT be a c[i+1], and next() will return false (EOF). n
   */
  boolean seekBefore(Cell cell) throws IOException;

  /**
   * Positions this scanner at the start of the file.
   * @return False if empty file; i.e. a call to next would return false and the current key and
   *         value are undefined. n
   */
  boolean seekTo() throws IOException;

  /**
   * Scans to the next entry in the file.
   * @return Returns false if you are at the end otherwise true if more in file. n
   */
  boolean next() throws IOException;

  /**
   * Gets the current key in the form of a cell. You must call {@link #seekTo(Cell)} before this
   * method.
   * @return gets the current key as a Cell.
   */
  Cell getKey();

  /**
   * Gets a buffer view to the current value. You must call {@link #seekTo(Cell)} before this
   * method.
   * @return byte buffer for the value. The limit is set to the value size, and the position is 0,
   *         the start of the buffer view.
   */
  ByteBuffer getValue();

  /** Returns Instance of {@link org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Cell}. */
  Cell getCell();

  /**
   * Convenience method to get a copy of the key as a string - interpreting the bytes as UTF8. You
   * must call {@link #seekTo(Cell)} before this method.
   * @return key as a string
   * @deprecated Since hbase-2.0.0
   */
  @Deprecated
  String getKeyString();

  /**
   * Convenience method to get a copy of the value as a string - interpreting the bytes as UTF8. You
   * must call {@link #seekTo(Cell)} before this method.
   * @return value as a string
   * @deprecated Since hbase-2.0.0
   */
  @Deprecated
  String getValueString();

  /** Returns Reader that underlies this Scanner instance. */
  HFile.Reader getReader();

  /**
   * @return True is scanner has had one of the seek calls invoked; i.e. {@link #seekBefore(Cell)}
   *         or {@link #seekTo()} or {@link #seekTo(Cell)}. Otherwise returns false.
   */
  boolean isSeeked();

  /** Returns the next key in the index (the key to seek to the next block) */
  Cell getNextIndexedKey();

  /**
   * Close this HFile scanner and do necessary cleanup.
   */
  @Override
  void close();
}