Conditionally write a value (HBase)

Send a conditional write request. This type of write makes a CheckAndMutateRow API request.

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Code sample

Java

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import com.google.cloud.bigtable.hbase.BigtableConfiguration;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableName;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Connection;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Put;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.RowMutations;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Table;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter.CompareFilter.CompareOp;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;

public class WriteConditionally {

  private static final byte[] COLUMN_FAMILY_NAME = Bytes.toBytes("stats_summary");

  public static void writeConditionally(String projectId, String instanceId, String tableId) {
    // String projectId = "my-project-id";
    // String instanceId = "my-instance-id";
    // String tableId = "mobile-time-series";

    try (Connection connection = BigtableConfiguration.connect(projectId, instanceId)) {
      Table table = connection.getTable(TableName.valueOf(Bytes.toBytes(tableId)));
      long timestamp = System.currentTimeMillis();

      String rowKey = "phone#4c410523#20190501";
      RowMutations mutations = new RowMutations(Bytes.toBytes(rowKey));

      Put put = new Put(Bytes.toBytes(rowKey));
      put.addColumn(
          COLUMN_FAMILY_NAME, Bytes.toBytes("os_name"), timestamp, Bytes.toBytes("android"));
      mutations.add(put);

      table.checkAndMutate(
          Bytes.toBytes(rowKey),
          COLUMN_FAMILY_NAME,
          Bytes.toBytes("os_build"),
          CompareOp.GREATER_OR_EQUAL,
          Bytes.toBytes("PQ2A.190405"),
          mutations);

      System.out.print("Successfully updated row's os_name");

    } catch (Exception e) {
      System.out.println("Error during WriteConditionally: \n" + e.toString());
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}

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