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| |
| package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io; |
| |
| import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.classification.InterfaceAudience; |
| |
| /** |
| * An optional interface to 'size' writables. |
| */ |
| @InterfaceAudience.Private |
| public interface WritableWithSize { |
| /** |
| * Provide a size hint to the caller. write() should ideally |
| * not go beyond this if at all possible. |
| * |
| * You can return 0 if there is no size hint. |
| * |
| * @return the size of the writable |
| */ |
| long getWritableSize(); |
| } |