Read using a qualifier regex filter (HBase)

Creates a limiting filter on a column qualifier with a regex.

Explore further

For detailed documentation that includes this code sample, see the following:

• Use filters

Code sample

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Bigtable, see Bigtable client libraries.

To authenticate to Bigtable, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

public static void filterLimitColQualifierRegex() {
  // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
  String projectId = "my-project-id";
  String instanceId = "my-instance-id";
  String tableId = "mobile-time-series";
  filterLimitColQualifierRegex(projectId, instanceId, tableId);
}

public static void filterLimitColQualifierRegex(
    String projectId, String instanceId, String tableId) {
  // A filter that matches cells whose column qualifier satisfies the given regex
  Filter filter =
      new QualifierFilter(CompareOp.EQUAL, new RegexStringComparator("connected_.*$"));
  Scan scan = new Scan().setFilter(filter);
  readWithFilter(projectId, instanceId, tableId, scan);
}

What's next

To search and filter code samples for other Google Cloud products, see the Google Cloud sample browser.