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| package org.apache.cassandra.db.partitions; |
| |
| import org.apache.cassandra.config.CFMetaData; |
| import org.apache.cassandra.db.rows.UnfilteredRowIterator; |
| |
| /** |
| * An iterator over a number of unfiltered partitions (i.e. partitions containing deletion informations). |
| * |
| * The object returned by a call to next() is only guaranteed to be |
| * valid until the next call to hasNext() or next(). If a consumer wants to keep a |
| * reference on the returned objects for longer than the iteration, it must |
| * make a copy of it explicitely. |
| */ |
| public interface UnfilteredPartitionIterator extends BasePartitionIterator<UnfilteredRowIterator> |
| { |
| /** |
| * Whether that partition iterator is for a thrift queries. |
| * <p> |
| * If this is true, the partition iterator may return some empty UnfilteredRowIterator and those |
| * should be preserved as thrift include partitions that "exists" (have some cells even |
| * if this are actually deleted) but have nothing matching the query. |
| * |
| * @return whether the iterator is for a thrift query. |
| */ |
| public boolean isForThrift(); |
| |
| public CFMetaData metadata(); |
| } |