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package org.apache.cassandra.db.partitions;
import org.apache.cassandra.db.rows.*;
/**
* An iterator over a number of (filtered) partition.
*
* PartitionIterator is to RowIterator what UnfilteredPartitionIterator is to UnfilteredRowIterator
* though unlike UnfilteredPartitionIterator, it is not guaranteed that the RowIterator
* returned are in partitioner order.
*
* The object returned by a call to next() is only guaranteed to be
* valid until the next call to hasNext() or next(). If a consumer wants to keep a
* reference on the returned objects for longer than the iteration, it must
* make a copy of it explicitely.
*/
public interface PartitionIterator extends BasePartitionIterator<RowIterator>
{
}