org.apache.cassandra.utils

Interface SearchIterator<K,V>

All Known Subinterfaces:

IndexedSearchIterator<K,V>

All Known Implementing Classes:

BTreeSearchIterator

public interface SearchIterator<K,V>

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
V	next(K key) Searches "forwards" (in direction of travel) in the iterator for the required key; if this or any key greater has already been returned by the iterator, the method may choose to return null, the correct or incorrect output, or fail an assertion.

Method Detail

next

V next(K key)

Searches "forwards" (in direction of travel) in the iterator for the required key; if this or any key greater has already been returned by the iterator, the method may choose to return null, the correct or incorrect output, or fail an assertion. it is permitted to search past the end of the iterator, i.e. !hasNext() => next(?) == null

Parameters:

key - to search for

Returns:

value associated with key, if present in direction of travel