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