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18  package org.apache.hadoop.hbase;
19  
20  /**
21   * Implementer can return a CellScanner over its Cell content.
22   * Class name is ugly but mimicing java.util.Iterable only we are about the dumber
23   * CellScanner rather than say Iterator<Cell>.  See CellScanner class comment for why we go
24   * dumber than java.util.Iterator.
25   */
26  public interface CellScannable {
27    /**
28     * @return A CellScanner over the contained {@link Cell}s
29     */
30    CellScanner cellScanner();
31  }