phoenix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/phoenix/schema/PRow.java

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package org.apache.phoenix.schema;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Mutation;

import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;

/**
 * 
 * Provide a client API for updating rows. The updates are processed in
 * the calling order. Calling setValue after calling delete will cause the
 * delete to be canceled.  Conversely, calling delete after calling
 * setValue will cause all prior setValue calls to be canceled.
 *
 * 
 * @since 0.1
 */
public interface PRow {
    Map<PColumn, byte[]> DELETE_MARKER = ImmutableMap.of();

    /**
     * Get the list of {@link org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Mutation} used to
     * update an HTable after all mutations through calls to
     * {@link #setValue(PColumn, byte[])} or {@link #delete()}.
     * @return the list of mutations representing all changes made to a row
     * @throws ConstraintViolationException if row data violates schema
     * constraint
     */
    public List<Mutation> toRowMutations();
    
    /**
     * Set a column value in the row
     * @param col the column for which the value is being set
     * @param value the value
     * @throws ConstraintViolationException if row data violates schema
     * constraint
     */
    public void setValue(PColumn col, byte[] value);
    
    /**
     * Delete the row. Note that a delete take precedence over any
     * values that may have been set before or after the delete call.
     */
    public void delete();
}