hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/RawCell.java

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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase;

import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Optional;

import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;

/**
 * An extended version of cell that gives more power to CPs
 */
@InterfaceAudience.LimitedPrivate(HBaseInterfaceAudience.COPROC)
public interface RawCell extends Cell {
  static final int MAX_TAGS_LENGTH = (2 * Short.MAX_VALUE) + 1;

  /**
   * Allows cloning the tags in the cell to a new byte[]
   * @return the byte[] having the tags
   */
  default byte[] cloneTags() {
    return PrivateCellUtil.cloneTags(this);
  }

  /**
   * Creates a list of tags in the current cell
   * @return a list of tags
   */
  default Iterator<Tag> getTags() {
    return PrivateCellUtil.tagsIterator(this);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the specific tag of the given type
   * @param type the type of the tag
   * @return the specific tag if available or null
   */
  default Optional<Tag> getTag(byte type) {
    return PrivateCellUtil.getTag(this, type);
  }

  /**
   * Check the length of tags. If it is invalid, throw IllegalArgumentException
   * @param tagsLength the given length of tags
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if tagslength is invalid
   */
  public static void checkForTagsLength(int tagsLength) {
    if (tagsLength > MAX_TAGS_LENGTH) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("tagslength " + tagsLength + " > " + MAX_TAGS_LENGTH);
    }
  }
}