Package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter

Interface HintingFilter

All Known Implementing Classes:

ColumnPrefixFilter, ColumnRangeFilter, FuzzyRowFilter, MultipleColumnPrefixFilter, MultiRowRangeFilter, TimestampsFilter

@Public
public interface HintingFilter

Marker interface for filters that may return SEEK_NEXT_USING_HINT. This marker interface indicates that when it's used in a MUST_PASS_ALL FilterList then filterCell() must always be called if filterRowKey() returned false.