Java hello world

This code sample is a "hello world" application written in Java, using the Cloud Bigtable client library for Java. The sample illustrates how to complete the following tasks:

• Connect to a Cloud Bigtable instance.
• Create a new table.
• Write data to the table.
• Read the data back.
• Delete the table.

Running the sample

This code communicates with Cloud Bigtable using the Google Cloud Bigtable library in the Google Cloud Client Libraries for Java.

Follow the Google Cloud Platform Samples instructions on GitHub before you get started.

Using the Cloud Client Library with Bigtable

The sample application connects to Bigtable and demonstrates some simple operations.

Connecting to Bigtable

To get started, you need a data client that you use to communicate with the data API client library and a table admin client that you use to communicate with the admin API client library.

First, instantiate a BigtableDataSettings object that includes the project ID and instance ID that the hello world application will use. Then pass the settings to the BigtableDataClient.create() method to create the data client.

Similarly, for the admin client, first establish the settings by creating a BigtableTableAdminSettings object, then use the settings to create a BigtableTableAdminClient object.

As a best practice, when you use Bigtable you should always create a client once and reuse it throughout the application.

samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigtable/HelloWorld.java

View on GitHub

// Creates the settings to configure a bigtable data client.
BigtableDataSettings settings =
    BigtableDataSettings.newBuilder().setProjectId(projectId).setInstanceId(instanceId).build();

// Creates a bigtable data client.
dataClient = BigtableDataClient.create(settings);

// Creates the settings to configure a bigtable table admin client.
BigtableTableAdminSettings adminSettings =
    BigtableTableAdminSettings.newBuilder()
        .setProjectId(projectId)
        .setInstanceId(instanceId)
        .build();

// Creates a bigtable table admin client.
adminClient = BigtableTableAdminClient.create(adminSettings);

Creating a table

To create a table, build a CreateTableRequest object and pass it to the admin client's createTable() method.

Note: Columns that are related to one another are typically grouped into a column family. For more information about column families, see the Bigtable storage model.

samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigtable/HelloWorld.java

View on GitHub

// Checks if table exists, creates table if does not exist.
if (!adminClient.exists(tableId)) {
  System.out.println("Creating table: " + tableId);
  CreateTableRequest createTableRequest =
      CreateTableRequest.of(tableId).addFamily(COLUMN_FAMILY);
  adminClient.createTable(createTableRequest);
  System.out.printf("Table %s created successfully%n", tableId);
}

Writing rows to a table

Create a greetings[] string array containing three simple greetings, to use as a source of data to write to the table. Loop through the array. In each iteration of the loop, create a RowMutation object and use the setCell() method to add an entry to the mutation.

Note: In this sample application, setCell() is only called once per mutation, but you can call it up to 10,000 times per single mutation.

samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigtable/HelloWorld.java

View on GitHub

try {
  System.out.println("\nWriting some greetings to the table");
  String[] names = {"World", "Bigtable", "Java"};
  for (int i = 0; i < names.length; i++) {
    String greeting = "Hello " + names[i] + "!";
    RowMutation rowMutation =
        RowMutation.create(tableId, ROW_KEY_PREFIX + i)
            .setCell(COLUMN_FAMILY, COLUMN_QUALIFIER_NAME, names[i])
            .setCell(COLUMN_FAMILY, COLUMN_QUALIFIER_GREETING, greeting);
    dataClient.mutateRow(rowMutation);
    System.out.println(greeting);
  }
} catch (NotFoundException e) {
  System.err.println("Failed to write to non-existent table: " + e.getMessage());
}

Reading a row by its row key

Use the data client's readRow() method to read the first row that you wrote.

samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigtable/HelloWorld.java

View on GitHub

try {
  System.out.println("\nReading a single row by row key");
  Row row = dataClient.readRow(tableId, ROW_KEY_PREFIX + 0);
  System.out.println("Row: " + row.getKey().toStringUtf8());
  for (RowCell cell : row.getCells()) {
    System.out.printf(
        "Family: %s    Qualifier: %s    Value: %s%n",
        cell.getFamily(), cell.getQualifier().toStringUtf8(), cell.getValue().toStringUtf8());
  }
  return row;
} catch (NotFoundException e) {
  System.err.println("Failed to read from a non-existent table: " + e.getMessage());
  return null;
}
try {
  System.out.println("\nReading specific cells by family and qualifier");
  Row row = dataClient.readRow(tableId, ROW_KEY_PREFIX + 0);
  System.out.println("Row: " + row.getKey().toStringUtf8());
  List<RowCell> cells = row.getCells(COLUMN_FAMILY, COLUMN_QUALIFIER_NAME);
  for (RowCell cell : cells) {
    System.out.printf(
        "Family: %s    Qualifier: %s    Value: %s%n",
        cell.getFamily(), cell.getQualifier().toStringUtf8(), cell.getValue().toStringUtf8());
  }
  return cells;
} catch (NotFoundException e) {
  System.err.println("Failed to read from a non-existent table: " + e.getMessage());
  return null;
}

Scanning all table rows

Next, scan the entire table. Create a Query object, pass it to the readRows() method, and assign the results to a row stream.

samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigtable/HelloWorld.java

View on GitHub

try {
  System.out.println("\nReading the entire table");
  Query query = Query.create(tableId);
  ServerStream<Row> rowStream = dataClient.readRows(query);
  List<Row> tableRows = new ArrayList<>();
  for (Row r : rowStream) {
    System.out.println("Row Key: " + r.getKey().toStringUtf8());
    tableRows.add(r);
    for (RowCell cell : r.getCells()) {
      System.out.printf(
          "Family: %s    Qualifier: %s    Value: %s%n",
          cell.getFamily(), cell.getQualifier().toStringUtf8(), cell.getValue().toStringUtf8());
    }
  }
  return tableRows;
} catch (NotFoundException e) {
  System.err.println("Failed to read a non-existent table: " + e.getMessage());
  return null;
}

Deleting a table

Finally, delete the table with the deleteTable() method.

samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigtable/HelloWorld.java

View on GitHub

System.out.println("\nDeleting table: " + tableId);
try {
  adminClient.deleteTable(tableId);
  System.out.printf("Table %s deleted successfully%n", tableId);
} catch (NotFoundException e) {
  System.err.println("Failed to delete a non-existent table: " + e.getMessage());
}

Putting it all together

Here is the full code sample without comments.

samples/snippets/src/main/java/com/example/bigtable/HelloWorld.java

View on GitHub

package com.example.bigtable;

import com.google.api.gax.rpc.NotFoundException;
import com.google.api.gax.rpc.ServerStream;
import com.google.cloud.bigtable.admin.v2.BigtableTableAdminClient;
import com.google.cloud.bigtable.admin.v2.BigtableTableAdminSettings;
import com.google.cloud.bigtable.admin.v2.models.CreateTableRequest;
import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.BigtableDataClient;
import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.BigtableDataSettings;
import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.models.Query;
import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.models.Row;
import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.models.RowCell;
import com.google.cloud.bigtable.data.v2.models.RowMutation;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;


public class HelloWorld {

  private static final String COLUMN_FAMILY = "cf1";
  private static final String COLUMN_QUALIFIER_GREETING = "greeting";
  private static final String COLUMN_QUALIFIER_NAME = "name";
  private static final String ROW_KEY_PREFIX = "rowKey";
  private final String tableId;
  private final BigtableDataClient dataClient;
  private final BigtableTableAdminClient adminClient;

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

    if (args.length != 2) {
      System.out.println("Missing required project id or instance id");
      return;
    }
    String projectId = args[0];
    String instanceId = args[1];

    HelloWorld helloWorld = new HelloWorld(projectId, instanceId, "test-table");
    helloWorld.run();
  }

  public HelloWorld(String projectId, String instanceId, String tableId) throws IOException {
    this.tableId = tableId;

    BigtableDataSettings settings =
        BigtableDataSettings.newBuilder().setProjectId(projectId).setInstanceId(instanceId).build();

    dataClient = BigtableDataClient.create(settings);

    BigtableTableAdminSettings adminSettings =
        BigtableTableAdminSettings.newBuilder()
            .setProjectId(projectId)
            .setInstanceId(instanceId)
            .build();

    adminClient = BigtableTableAdminClient.create(adminSettings);
  }

  public void run() throws Exception {
    createTable();
    writeToTable();
    readSingleRow();
    readSpecificCells();
    readTable();
    deleteTable();
    close();
  }

  public void close() {
    dataClient.close();
    adminClient.close();
  }

  public void createTable() {
    if (!adminClient.exists(tableId)) {
      System.out.println("Creating table: " + tableId);
      CreateTableRequest createTableRequest =
          CreateTableRequest.of(tableId).addFamily(COLUMN_FAMILY);
      adminClient.createTable(createTableRequest);
      System.out.printf("Table %s created successfully%n", tableId);
    }
  }

  public void writeToTable() {
    try {
      System.out.println("\nWriting some greetings to the table");
      String[] names = {"World", "Bigtable", "Java"};
      for (int i = 0; i < names.length; i++) {
        String greeting = "Hello " + names[i] + "!";
        RowMutation rowMutation =
            RowMutation.create(tableId, ROW_KEY_PREFIX + i)
                .setCell(COLUMN_FAMILY, COLUMN_QUALIFIER_NAME, names[i])
                .setCell(COLUMN_FAMILY, COLUMN_QUALIFIER_GREETING, greeting);
        dataClient.mutateRow(rowMutation);
        System.out.println(greeting);
      }
    } catch (NotFoundException e) {
      System.err.println("Failed to write to non-existent table: " + e.getMessage());
    }
  }

  public Row readSingleRow() {
    try {
      System.out.println("\nReading a single row by row key");
      Row row = dataClient.readRow(tableId, ROW_KEY_PREFIX + 0);
      System.out.println("Row: " + row.getKey().toStringUtf8());
      for (RowCell cell : row.getCells()) {
        System.out.printf(
            "Family: %s    Qualifier: %s    Value: %s%n",
            cell.getFamily(), cell.getQualifier().toStringUtf8(), cell.getValue().toStringUtf8());
      }
      return row;
    } catch (NotFoundException e) {
      System.err.println("Failed to read from a non-existent table: " + e.getMessage());
      return null;
    }
  }

  public List<RowCell> readSpecificCells() {
    try {
      System.out.println("\nReading specific cells by family and qualifier");
      Row row = dataClient.readRow(tableId, ROW_KEY_PREFIX + 0);
      System.out.println("Row: " + row.getKey().toStringUtf8());
      List<RowCell> cells = row.getCells(COLUMN_FAMILY, COLUMN_QUALIFIER_NAME);
      for (RowCell cell : cells) {
        System.out.printf(
            "Family: %s    Qualifier: %s    Value: %s%n",
            cell.getFamily(), cell.getQualifier().toStringUtf8(), cell.getValue().toStringUtf8());
      }
      return cells;
    } catch (NotFoundException e) {
      System.err.println("Failed to read from a non-existent table: " + e.getMessage());
      return null;
    }
  }

  public List<Row> readTable() {
    try {
      System.out.println("\nReading the entire table");
      Query query = Query.create(tableId);
      ServerStream<Row> rowStream = dataClient.readRows(query);
      List<Row> tableRows = new ArrayList<>();
      for (Row r : rowStream) {
        System.out.println("Row Key: " + r.getKey().toStringUtf8());
        tableRows.add(r);
        for (RowCell cell : r.getCells()) {
          System.out.printf(
              "Family: %s    Qualifier: %s    Value: %s%n",
              cell.getFamily(), cell.getQualifier().toStringUtf8(), cell.getValue().toStringUtf8());
        }
      }
      return tableRows;
    } catch (NotFoundException e) {
      System.err.println("Failed to read a non-existent table: " + e.getMessage());
      return null;
    }
  }

  public void deleteTable() {
    System.out.println("\nDeleting table: " + tableId);
    try {
      adminClient.deleteTable(tableId);
      System.out.printf("Table %s deleted successfully%n", tableId);
    } catch (NotFoundException e) {
      System.err.println("Failed to delete a non-existent table: " + e.getMessage());
    }
  }
}