HBase Admin API#
Class HBaseAdmin#
HBaseAdmin
is a class representing the Admin. This class belongs to the org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client
package.You can get the instance of Admin using Connection.getAdmin()
method.
Methods | Description |
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void createTable(HTableDescriptor desc) | Creates a new table. |
void createTable(HTableDescriptor desc, byte[][] splitKeys) | Creates a new table with an initial set of empty regions defined by the specified split keys. |
void deleteColumn(byte[] tableName, String columnName) | Deletes a column from a table. |
void deleteColumn(String tableName, String columnName) | Delete a column from a table. |
void deleteTable(String tableName) | Deletes a table. |
Class Descriptor#
Constructors#
Constructor | Summary |
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HTableDescriptor(TableName name) | Constructs a table descriptor specifying a TableName object. |
Methods and Description#
Methods | Description |
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HTableDescriptor addFamily(HColumnDescriptor family) | Adds a column family to the given descriptor |
Shutting Down#
exit:
exit
Stopping HBase:
./bin/stop-hbase.sh
Stopping HBase Using Java API#
ShutDownHbase