Class BigtableColumnFamily.Builder (2.21.0)

public abstract static class BigtableColumnFamily.Builder

Inheritance

java.lang.Object > BigtableColumnFamily.Builder

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Constructors

Builder()

public Builder()

Methods

build()

public abstract BigtableColumnFamily build()

Returns

Type	Description
`BigtableColumnFamily`

setColumns(List<BigtableColumn> columns)

public abstract BigtableColumnFamily.Builder setColumns(List<BigtableColumn> columns)

Lists of columns that should be exposed as individual fields as opposed to a list of (column name, value) pairs. All columns whose qualifier matches a qualifier in this list can be accessed as .. Other columns can be accessed as a list through .Column field.

Parameter

Name	Description
`columns`	`List<BigtableColumn>`

Returns

Type	Description
`BigtableColumnFamily.Builder`

setEncoding(String encoding)

public abstract BigtableColumnFamily.Builder setEncoding(String encoding)

The encoding of the values when the type is not STRING.

Acceptable encoding values are: TEXT - indicates values are alphanumeric text strings. BINARY - indicates values are encoded using HBase Bytes.toBytes family of functions.

This can be overridden for a specific column by listing that column in 'columns' and specifying an encoding for it.

Parameter

Name	Description
`encoding`	`String`

Returns

Type	Description
`BigtableColumnFamily.Builder`

setFamilyID(String familyID)

public abstract BigtableColumnFamily.Builder setFamilyID(String familyID)

Identifier of the column family.

Parameter

Name	Description
`familyID`	`String`

Returns

Type	Description
`BigtableColumnFamily.Builder`

setOnlyReadLatest(Boolean onlyReadLatest)

public abstract BigtableColumnFamily.Builder setOnlyReadLatest(Boolean onlyReadLatest)

If true, only the latest version of values are exposed for all columns in this column family. This can be overridden for a specific column by listing that column in 'columns' and specifying a different setting for that column.

Parameter

Name	Description
`onlyReadLatest`	`Boolean`

Returns

Type	Description
`BigtableColumnFamily.Builder`

setType(String type)

public abstract BigtableColumnFamily.Builder setType(String type)

The type to convert the value in cells of this column family. The values are expected to be encoded using HBase Bytes.toBytes function when using the BINARY encoding value.

Following BigQuery types are allowed (case-sensitive): BYTES STRING INTEGER FLOAT BOOLEAN.

The default type is BYTES. This can be overridden for a specific column by listing that column in 'columns' and specifying a type for it.

Parameter

Name	Description
`type`	`String`

Returns

Type	Description
`BigtableColumnFamily.Builder`