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19 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client;
20
21 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
22 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
23 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
24
25 import java.io.IOException;
26
27
28 /**
29 * Defines methods to create new HTableInterface.
30 *
31 * @since 0.21.0
32 */
33 @InterfaceAudience.Public
34 @InterfaceStability.Stable
35 public interface HTableInterfaceFactory {
36
37 /**
38 * Creates a new HTableInterface.
39 *
40 * @param config HBaseConfiguration instance.
41 * @param tableName name of the HBase table.
42 * @return HTableInterface instance.
43 */
44 HTableInterface createHTableInterface(Configuration config, byte[] tableName);
45
46
47 /**
48 * Release the HTable resource represented by the table.
49 * @param table
50 */
51 void releaseHTableInterface(final HTableInterface table) throws IOException;
52 }