Class HFileLinkCleaner

All Implemented Interfaces:
org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configurable, FileCleanerDelegate, Stoppable

@LimitedPrivate("Configuration") public class HFileLinkCleaner extends BaseHFileCleanerDelegate
HFileLink cleaner that determines if a hfile should be deleted. HFiles can be deleted only if there're no links to them. When a HFileLink is created a back reference file is created in: /hbase/archive/table/region/cf/.links-hfile/ref-region.ref-table To check if the hfile can be deleted the back references folder must be empty.
  • Field Details

  • Constructor Details

  • Method Details

    • isFileDeletable

      public boolean isFileDeletable(org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileStatus fStat)
      Description copied from class: BaseFileCleanerDelegate
      Should the master delete the file or keep it?
      Specified by:
      isFileDeletable in class BaseFileCleanerDelegate
      Parameters:
      fStat - file status of the file to check
      Returns:
      true if the file is deletable, false if not
    • setConf

      public void setConf(org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration conf)
      Specified by:
      setConf in interface org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configurable
      Overrides:
      setConf in class BaseConfigurable