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20 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client;
21
22 import java.io.IOException;
23
24 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
25
26
27 /**
28 * Defines methods to create new HTableInterface.
29 *
30 * @since 0.21.0
31 */
32 public interface HTableInterfaceFactory {
33
34 /**
35 * Creates a new HTableInterface.
36 *
37 * @param config HBaseConfiguration instance.
38 * @param tableName name of the HBase table.
39 * @return HTableInterface instance.
40 */
41 HTableInterface createHTableInterface(Configuration config, byte[] tableName);
42
43
44 /**
45 * Release the HTable resource represented by the table.
46 * @param table
47 */
48 void releaseHTableInterface(final HTableInterface table) throws IOException;
49 }