Class BigtableColumn.Builder (2.36.0)

public abstract static class BigtableColumn.Builder

Inheritance

java.lang.Object > BigtableColumn.Builder

Constructors

Builder()

public Builder()

Methods

build()

public abstract BigtableColumn build()
Returns
TypeDescription
BigtableColumn

setEncoding(String encoding)

public abstract BigtableColumn.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.

    Encoding can also be set at the column family level. However, the setting at the column level takes precedence if 'encoding' is set at both levels.

Parameter
NameDescription
encodingString
Returns
TypeDescription
BigtableColumn.Builder

setFieldName(String fieldName)

public abstract BigtableColumn.Builder setFieldName(String fieldName)

If the qualifier is not a valid BigQuery field identifier, a valid identifier must be provided as the column field name and is used as field name in queries.

Parameter
NameDescription
fieldNameString
Returns
TypeDescription
BigtableColumn.Builder

setOnlyReadLatest(Boolean onlyReadLatest)

public abstract BigtableColumn.Builder setOnlyReadLatest(Boolean onlyReadLatest)

If this is set, only the latest version of value in this column are exposed.

'onlyReadLatest' can also be set at the column family level. However, the setting at the column level takes precedence if 'onlyReadLatest' is set at both levels.

Parameter
NameDescription
onlyReadLatestBoolean
Returns
TypeDescription
BigtableColumn.Builder

setQualifierEncoded(String qualifierEncoded)

public abstract BigtableColumn.Builder setQualifierEncoded(String qualifierEncoded)

Qualifier of the column.

Columns in the parent column family that has this exact qualifier are exposed as . field. If the qualifier is valid UTF-8 string, it can be specified in the qualifier_string field. Otherwise, a base-64 encoded value must be set to qualifier_encoded. The column field name is the same as the column qualifier. However, if the qualifier is not a valid BigQuery field identifier, a valid identifier must be provided as field_name.

Parameter
NameDescription
qualifierEncodedString
Returns
TypeDescription
BigtableColumn.Builder

setType(String type)

public abstract BigtableColumn.Builder setType(String type)

The type to convert the value in cells of this column.

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 Default type is BYTES.

'type' can also be set at the column family level. However, the setting at the column level takes precedence if 'type' is set at both levels.

Parameter
NameDescription
typeString
Returns
TypeDescription
BigtableColumn.Builder