kudu::client::KuduColumnSpec Class Reference

Builder API for specifying or altering a column within a table schema. More...

#include <schema.h>

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
KuduColumnSpec *	Default (KuduValue *value)
KuduColumnSpec *	Compression (KuduColumnStorageAttributes::CompressionType compression)
KuduColumnSpec *	Encoding (KuduColumnStorageAttributes::EncodingType encoding)
KuduColumnSpec *	BlockSize (int32_t block_size)
Operations only relevant for Create Table
Set the column to be the primary key of the table. This may only be used to set non-composite primary keys. If a composite key is desired, use KuduSchemaBuilder::SetPrimaryKey(). This may not be used in conjunction with KuduSchemaBuilder::SetPrimaryKey(). Note: Primary keys may not be changed after a table is created. Returns: Pointer to the modified object.
KuduColumnSpec *	PrimaryKey ()
KuduColumnSpec *	NotNull ()
KuduColumnSpec *	Nullable ()
KuduColumnSpec *	Type (KuduColumnSchema::DataType type)
Operations only relevant for Alter Table
Remove the default value for the column. Without a default, clients must always specify a value for the column when inserting data. Returns: Pointer to the modified object.
KuduColumnSpec *	RemoveDefault ()
KuduColumnSpec *	RenameTo (const std::string &new_name)
Friends
class	KuduSchemaBuilder
class	KuduTableAlterer

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Detailed Description

Builder API for specifying or altering a column within a table schema.

An object of this type cannot be constructed directly, but rather is returned from KuduSchemaBuilder::AddColumn() to specify a column within a Schema.

Todo:

KUDU-861: this API will also be used for an improved AlterTable API.

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Member Function Documentation

KuduColumnSpec* kudu::client::KuduColumnSpec::BlockSize

(

int32_t

block_size

)

Set the target block size for the column.

This is the number of bytes of user data packed per block on disk, and represents the unit of IO when reading the column. Larger values may improve scan performance, particularly on spinning media. Smaller values may improve random access performance, particularly for workloads that have high cache hit rates or operate on fast storage such as SSD.

Note:

The block size specified here corresponds to uncompressed data. The actual size of the unit read from disk may be smaller if compression is enabled.

It's recommended that this not be set any lower than 4096 (4KB) or higher than 1048576 (1MB).

Todo:

KUDU-1107: move above info to docs

Parameters:

[in]

block_size

Block size (in bytes) to use.

Returns:

Pointer to the modified object.

KuduColumnSpec* kudu::client::KuduColumnSpec::Compression

(

KuduColumnStorageAttributes::CompressionType

compression

)

Set the preferred compression type for the column.

Parameters:

[in]

compression

The compression type to use.

Returns:

Pointer to the modified object.

KuduColumnSpec* kudu::client::KuduColumnSpec::Default

(

KuduValue *

value

)

Set the default value for the column.

When adding a new column to a table, this default value will be used to fill the new column in all existing rows. The default value will also be used when inserting a new row with no value for the column.

Parameters:

[in]

value

The value to use as the default. The KuduColumnSpec takes ownership over the passed parameter.

Returns:

Pointer to the modified object.

KuduColumnSpec* kudu::client::KuduColumnSpec::Encoding

(

KuduColumnStorageAttributes::EncodingType

encoding

)

Set the preferred encoding for the column.

Note:

Not all encodings are supported for all column types.

Parameters:

[in]

encoding

The encoding to use.

Returns:

Pointer to the modified object.

KuduColumnSpec* kudu::client::KuduColumnSpec::NotNull

(

)

Set the column to be not nullable.

Note:

Column nullability may not be changed once a table is created.

Returns:

Pointer to the modified object.

KuduColumnSpec* kudu::client::KuduColumnSpec::Nullable

(

)

Set the column to be nullable (the default).

Note:

Column nullability may not be changed once a table is created.

Returns:

Pointer to the modified object.

KuduColumnSpec* kudu::client::KuduColumnSpec::RenameTo

(

const std::string &

new_name

)

Rename the column.

Parameters:

[in]

new_name

The new name for the column.

Returns:

Pointer to the modified object.

KuduColumnSpec* kudu::client::KuduColumnSpec::Type

(

KuduColumnSchema::DataType

type

)

Set the data type of the column.

Note:

Column data types may not be changed once a table is created.

Parameters:

[in]

type

The data type to set.

Returns:

Pointer to the modified object.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• include/kudu/client/schema.h