cassandra-trunk/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/rows/UnfilteredSource.java
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package org.apache.cassandra.db.rows;

import org.apache.cassandra.db.DataRange;
import org.apache.cassandra.db.DecoratedKey;
import org.apache.cassandra.db.Slices;
import org.apache.cassandra.db.filter.ColumnFilter;
import org.apache.cassandra.db.partitions.UnfilteredPartitionIterator;
import org.apache.cassandra.io.sstable.SSTableReadsListener;

/**
 * Common data access interface for sstables and memtables.
 */
public interface UnfilteredSource
{
    /**
     * Returns a row iterator for the given partition, applying the specified row and column filters.
     *
     * @param key the partition key
     * @param slices the row ranges to return
     * @param columnFilter filter to apply to all returned partitions
     * @param reversed true if the content should be returned in reverse order
     * @param listener a listener used to handle internal read events
     */
    UnfilteredRowIterator rowIterator(DecoratedKey key,
                                      Slices slices,
                                      ColumnFilter columnFilter,
                                      boolean reversed,
                                      SSTableReadsListener listener);

    default UnfilteredRowIterator rowIterator(DecoratedKey key)
    {
        return rowIterator(key, Slices.ALL, ColumnFilter.NONE, false, SSTableReadsListener.NOOP_LISTENER);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a partition iterator for the given data range.
     *
     * @param columnFilter filter to apply to all returned partitions
     * @param dataRange the partition and clustering range queried
     * @param listener a listener used to handle internal read events
     */
    UnfilteredPartitionIterator partitionIterator(ColumnFilter columnFilter,
                                                  DataRange dataRange,
                                                  SSTableReadsListener listener);

    /** Minimum timestamp of all stored data */
    long getMinTimestamp();

    /** Minimum local deletion time in the memtable */
    long getMinLocalDeletionTime();
}
