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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Cell;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.BloomFilterWriter;
/**
* A sink of cells that allows appending cells to the Writers that implement it.
* {@link org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.HFile.Writer},
* {@link StoreFileWriter}, {@link AbstractMultiFileWriter},
* {@link BloomFilterWriter} are some implementors of this.
*/
@InterfaceAudience.Private
public interface CellSink {
/**
* Append the given cell
* @param cell the cell to be added
* @throws IOException
*/
void append(Cell cell) throws IOException;
}