HBASE-26762: Un-Deprecate and improve documentation for Scan#setRowPrefixFilter

hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/ImmutableScan.java

@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ public Scan withStopRow(byte[] stopRow, boolean inclusive) {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Scan setRowPrefixFilter(byte[] rowPrefix) {
+  public Scan setStartStopRowForPrefixScan(byte[] rowPrefix) {
     throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
-      "ImmutableScan does not allow access to setRowPrefixFilter");
+      "ImmutableScan does not allow access to setStartStopRowForPrefixScan");
   }
 
   @Override

hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Scan.java

@@ -339,6 +339,11 @@ public Scan setTimestamp(long timestamp) {
    * <p>
    * If the specified row does not exist, the Scanner will start from the next closest row after the
    * specified row.
+   * <p>
+   * <b>Note:</b> <strong>Do NOT use this in combination with
+   * {@link #setRowPrefixFilter(byte[])} or {@link #setStartStopRowForPrefixScan(byte[])}.</strong>
+   * Doing so will make the scan result unexpected or even undefined.
+   * </p>
    * @param startRow row to start scanner at or after
    * @return this
    * @throws IllegalArgumentException if startRow does not meet criteria for a row key (when length
@@ -354,7 +359,9 @@ public Scan withStartRow(byte[] startRow) {
    * If the specified row does not exist, or the {@code inclusive} is {@code false}, the Scanner
    * will start from the next closest row after the specified row.
    * <p>
-   * <b>Note:</b> When use {@link #setRowPrefixFilter(byte[])}, the result might be unexpected.
+   * <b>Note:</b> <strong>Do NOT use this in combination with
+   * {@link #setRowPrefixFilter(byte[])} or {@link #setStartStopRowForPrefixScan(byte[])}.</strong>
+   * Doing so will make the scan result unexpected or even undefined.
    * </p>
    * @param startRow row to start scanner at or after
    * @param inclusive whether we should include the start row when scan
@@ -377,8 +384,9 @@ public Scan withStartRow(byte[] startRow, boolean inclusive) {
    * <p>
    * The scan will include rows that are lexicographically less than the provided stopRow.
    * <p>
-   * <b>Note:</b> When doing a filter for a rowKey <u>Prefix</u> use
-   * {@link #setRowPrefixFilter(byte[])}. The 'trailing 0' will not yield the desired result.
+   * <b>Note:</b> <strong>Do NOT use this in combination with
+   * {@link #setRowPrefixFilter(byte[])} or {@link #setStartStopRowForPrefixScan(byte[])}.</strong>
+   * Doing so will make the scan result unexpected or even undefined.
    * </p>
    * @param stopRow row to end at (exclusive)
    * @return this
@@ -394,6 +402,11 @@ public Scan withStopRow(byte[] stopRow) {
    * <p>
    * The scan will include rows that are lexicographically less than (or equal to if
    * {@code inclusive} is {@code true}) the provided stopRow.
+   * <p>
+   * <b>Note:</b> <strong>Do NOT use this in combination with
+   * {@link #setRowPrefixFilter(byte[])} or {@link #setStartStopRowForPrefixScan(byte[])}.</strong>
+   * Doing so will make the scan result unexpected or even undefined.
+   * </p>
    * @param stopRow row to end at
    * @param inclusive whether we should include the stop row when scan
    * @return this
@@ -416,18 +429,32 @@ public Scan withStopRow(byte[] stopRow, boolean inclusive) {
    * <p>This is a utility method that converts the desired rowPrefix into the appropriate values
    * for the startRow and stopRow to achieve the desired result.</p>
    * <p>This can safely be used in combination with setFilter.</p>
-   * <p><b>NOTE: Doing a {@link #withStartRow(byte[])} and/or {@link #withStopRow(byte[])}
-   * after this method will yield undefined results.</b></p>
+   * <p><strong>This CANNOT be used in combination with withStartRow and/or withStopRow.</strong>
+   * Such a combination will yield unexpected and even undefined results.</p>
    * @param rowPrefix the prefix all rows must start with. (Set <i>null</i> to remove the filter.)
    * @return this
-   * @deprecated since 3.0.0. The scan result might be unexpected in some cases.
-   *   e.g. startRow : "112" and rowPrefixFilter : "11"
-   *   The Result of this scan might contains : "111"
-   *   This method implements the filter by setting startRow and stopRow,
-   *   but does not take care of the scenario where startRow has been set.
+   * @deprecated since 2.5.0, will be removed in 4.0.0.
+   *       The name of this method is considered to be confusing as it does not
+   *       use a {@link Filter} but uses setting the startRow and stopRow instead.
+   *       Use {@link #setStartStopRowForPrefixScan(byte[])} instead.
    */
   @Deprecated
   public Scan setRowPrefixFilter(byte[] rowPrefix) {
+    return setStartStopRowForPrefixScan(rowPrefix);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * <p>Set a filter (using stopRow and startRow) so the result set only contains rows where the
+   * rowKey starts with the specified prefix.</p>
+   * <p>This is a utility method that converts the desired rowPrefix into the appropriate values
+   * for the startRow and stopRow to achieve the desired result.</p>
+   * <p>This can safely be used in combination with setFilter.</p>
+   * <p><strong>This CANNOT be used in combination with withStartRow and/or withStopRow.</strong>
+   * Such a combination will yield unexpected and even undefined results.</p>
+   * @param rowPrefix the prefix all rows must start with. (Set <i>null</i> to remove the filter.)
+   * @return this
+   */
+  public Scan setStartStopRowForPrefixScan(byte[] rowPrefix) {
     if (rowPrefix == null) {
       withStartRow(HConstants.EMPTY_START_ROW);
       withStopRow(HConstants.EMPTY_END_ROW);

hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/quotas/QuotaTableUtil.java

@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ public static Scan makeQuotaSnapshotScanForTable(TableName tn) {
     // Limit to "u:v" column
     s.addColumn(QUOTA_FAMILY_USAGE, QUOTA_QUALIFIER_POLICY);
     if (null == tn) {
-      s.setRowPrefixFilter(QUOTA_TABLE_ROW_KEY_PREFIX);
+      s.setStartStopRowForPrefixScan(QUOTA_TABLE_ROW_KEY_PREFIX);
     } else {
       byte[] row = getTableRowKey(tn);
       // Limit rowspace to the "t:" prefix
@@ -637,7 +637,8 @@ static void deleteTableUsageSnapshotsForNamespace(Connection connection, String
     throws IOException {
     Scan s = new Scan();
     //Get rows for all tables in namespace
-    s.setRowPrefixFilter(Bytes.add(QUOTA_TABLE_ROW_KEY_PREFIX, Bytes.toBytes(namespace + TableName.NAMESPACE_DELIM)));
+    s.setStartStopRowForPrefixScan(
+      Bytes.add(QUOTA_TABLE_ROW_KEY_PREFIX, Bytes.toBytes(namespace + TableName.NAMESPACE_DELIM)));
     //Scan for table usage column (u:p) in quota table
     s.addColumn(QUOTA_FAMILY_USAGE,QUOTA_QUALIFIER_POLICY);
     //Scan for table quota column (q:s) if table has a space quota defined
@@ -706,7 +707,7 @@ static Scan createScanForNamespaceSnapshotSizes(String namespace) {
     Scan s = new Scan();
     if (namespace == null || namespace.isEmpty()) {
       // Read all namespaces, just look at the row prefix
-      s.setRowPrefixFilter(QUOTA_NAMESPACE_ROW_KEY_PREFIX);
+      s.setStartStopRowForPrefixScan(QUOTA_NAMESPACE_ROW_KEY_PREFIX);
     } else {
       // Fetch the exact row for the table
       byte[] rowkey = getNamespaceRowKey(namespace);
@@ -727,7 +728,7 @@ static Scan createScanForSpaceSnapshotSizes(TableName table) {
     Scan s = new Scan();
     if (null == table) {
       // Read all tables, just look at the row prefix
-      s.setRowPrefixFilter(QUOTA_TABLE_ROW_KEY_PREFIX);
+      s.setStartStopRowForPrefixScan(QUOTA_TABLE_ROW_KEY_PREFIX);
     } else {
       // Fetch the exact row for the table
       byte[] rowkey = getTableRowKey(table);

hbase-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestImmutableScan.java

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public void testScanCopyConstructor() throws Exception {
       .setReplicaId(3)
       .setReversed(true)
       .setRowOffsetPerColumnFamily(5)
-      .setRowPrefixFilter(Bytes.toBytes("row_"))
+      .setStartStopRowForPrefixScan(Bytes.toBytes("row_"))
       .setScanMetricsEnabled(true)
       .setReadType(Scan.ReadType.STREAM)
       .withStartRow(Bytes.toBytes("row_1"))
@@ -181,10 +181,11 @@ private void testUnmodifiableSetters(Scan scanCopy) throws IOException {
       assertEquals("ImmutableScan does not allow access to withStopRow", e.getMessage());
     }
     try {
-      scanCopy.setRowPrefixFilter(new byte[] { 1, 2 });
+      scanCopy.setStartStopRowForPrefixScan(new byte[] { 1, 2 });
       throw new RuntimeException("Should not reach here");
     } catch (UnsupportedOperationException e) {
-      assertEquals("ImmutableScan does not allow access to setRowPrefixFilter", e.getMessage());
+      assertEquals("ImmutableScan does not allow access to setStartStopRowForPrefixScan",
+        e.getMessage());
     }
     try {
       scanCopy.readAllVersions();

hbase-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestScan.java

@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ public void testScanCopyConstructor() throws Exception {
         .setReplicaId(3)
         .setReversed(true)
         .setRowOffsetPerColumnFamily(5)
-        .setRowPrefixFilter(Bytes.toBytes("row_"))
+        .setStartStopRowForPrefixScan(Bytes.toBytes("row_"))
         .setScanMetricsEnabled(true)
         .setReadType(ReadType.STREAM)
         .withStartRow(Bytes.toBytes("row_1"))

hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/filter/TestScanRowPrefix.java

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
- * Test if Scan.setRowPrefixFilter works as intended.
+ * Test if Scan.setStartStopRowForPrefixScan works as intended.
  */
 @Category({FilterTests.class, MediumTests.class})
 public class TestScanRowPrefix extends FilterTestingCluster {
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ public void testPrefixScanning() throws IOException {
     Table table = openTable(tableName);
 
     /**
-     * Note that about half of these tests were relevant for an different implementation approach
-     * of setRowPrefixFilter. These test cases have been retained to ensure that also the
+     * Note that about half of these tests were relevant for a different implementation approach
+     * of setStartStopRowForPrefixScan. These test cases have been retained to ensure that also the
      * edge cases found there are still covered.
      */
 
@@ -119,16 +119,16 @@ public void testPrefixScanning() throws IOException {
     // ========
     // PREFIX 0
     Scan scan = new Scan();
-    scan.setRowPrefixFilter(prefix0);
+    scan.setStartStopRowForPrefixScan(prefix0);
     verifyScanResult(table, scan, expected0, "Scan empty prefix failed");
 
     // ========
     // PREFIX 1
     scan = new Scan();
-    scan.setRowPrefixFilter(prefix1);
+    scan.setStartStopRowForPrefixScan(prefix1);
     verifyScanResult(table, scan, expected1, "Scan normal prefix failed");
 
-    scan.setRowPrefixFilter(null);
+    scan.setStartStopRowForPrefixScan(null);
     verifyScanResult(table, scan, expected0, "Scan after prefix reset failed");
 
     scan = new Scan();
@@ -138,10 +138,10 @@ public void testPrefixScanning() throws IOException {
     // ========
     // PREFIX 2
     scan = new Scan();
-    scan.setRowPrefixFilter(prefix2);
+    scan.setStartStopRowForPrefixScan(prefix2);
     verifyScanResult(table, scan, expected2, "Scan edge 0xFF prefix failed");
 
-    scan.setRowPrefixFilter(null);
+    scan.setStartStopRowForPrefixScan(null);
     verifyScanResult(table, scan, expected0, "Scan after prefix reset failed");
 
     scan = new Scan();
@@ -151,10 +151,10 @@ public void testPrefixScanning() throws IOException {
     // ========
     // PREFIX 3
     scan = new Scan();
-    scan.setRowPrefixFilter(prefix3);
+    scan.setStartStopRowForPrefixScan(prefix3);
     verifyScanResult(table, scan, expected3, "Scan normal with 0x00 ends failed");
 
-    scan.setRowPrefixFilter(null);
+    scan.setStartStopRowForPrefixScan(null);
     verifyScanResult(table, scan, expected0, "Scan after prefix reset failed");
 
     scan = new Scan();
@@ -164,10 +164,10 @@ public void testPrefixScanning() throws IOException {
     // ========
     // PREFIX 4
     scan = new Scan();
-    scan.setRowPrefixFilter(prefix4);
+    scan.setStartStopRowForPrefixScan(prefix4);
     verifyScanResult(table, scan, expected4, "Scan end prefix failed");
 
-    scan.setRowPrefixFilter(null);
+    scan.setStartStopRowForPrefixScan(null);
     verifyScanResult(table, scan, expected0, "Scan after prefix reset failed");
 
     scan = new Scan();
@@ -178,13 +178,13 @@ public void testPrefixScanning() throws IOException {
     // COMBINED
     // Prefix + Filter
     scan = new Scan();
-    scan.setRowPrefixFilter(prefix1);
+    scan.setStartStopRowForPrefixScan(prefix1);
     verifyScanResult(table, scan, expected1, "Prefix filter failed");
 
     scan.setFilter(new ColumnPrefixFilter(prefix2));
     verifyScanResult(table, scan, expected2, "Combined Prefix + Filter failed");
 
-    scan.setRowPrefixFilter(null);
+    scan.setStartStopRowForPrefixScan(null);
     verifyScanResult(table, scan, expected2, "Combined Prefix + Filter; removing Prefix failed");
 
     scan.setFilter(null);
@@ -196,55 +196,16 @@ public void testPrefixScanning() throws IOException {
     scan.setFilter(new ColumnPrefixFilter(prefix2));
     verifyScanResult(table, scan, expected2, "Test filter failed");
 
-    scan.setRowPrefixFilter(prefix1);
+    scan.setStartStopRowForPrefixScan(prefix1);
     verifyScanResult(table, scan, expected2, "Combined Filter + Prefix failed");
 
     scan.setFilter(null);
     verifyScanResult(table, scan, expected1, "Combined Filter + Prefix ; removing Filter failed");
 
-    scan.setRowPrefixFilter(null);
+    scan.setStartStopRowForPrefixScan(null);
     verifyScanResult(table, scan, expected0, "Scan after prefix reset failed");
   }
 
-  @Test
-  public void testRowPrefixFilterAndStartRow() throws IOException {
-    final TableName tableName = TableName.valueOf(name.getMethodName());
-    createTable(tableName,"F");
-    Table table = openTable(tableName);
-
-    final byte[][] rowkeys = {Bytes.toBytes("111"), Bytes.toBytes("112")};
-    final byte[] prefixFilter = Bytes.toBytes("11");
-    for (byte[] rowkey: rowkeys) {
-      Put p = new Put(rowkey);
-      p.addColumn(Bytes.toBytes("F"), Bytes.toBytes("f"), Bytes.toBytes("test value"));
-      table.put(p);
-    }
-
-    List<byte[]> expected0 = new ArrayList<>();
-    expected0.add(rowkeys[0]);
-    expected0.add(rowkeys[1]);
-
-    List<byte[]> expected1 = new ArrayList<>();
-    expected1.add(rowkeys[1]);
-
-    // ========
-    // First scan
-    // Set startRow before setRowPrefixFilter
-    Scan scan = new Scan();
-    scan.withStartRow(rowkeys[1]);
-    scan.setRowPrefixFilter(prefixFilter);
-    verifyScanResult(table, scan, expected0, "Set startRow before setRowPrefixFilter unexpected");
-
-    // ========
-    // Second scan
-    // Set startRow after setRowPrefixFilter
-    // The result is different from first scan
-    scan = new Scan();
-    scan.setRowPrefixFilter(prefixFilter);
-    scan.withStartRow(rowkeys[1]);
-    verifyScanResult(table, scan, expected1, "Set startRow after setRowPrefixFilter unexpected");
-  }
-
   private void verifyScanResult(Table table, Scan scan, List<byte[]> expectedKeys, String message) {
     List<byte[]> actualKeys = new ArrayList<>();
     try {

hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/hbase/table.rb

@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ def _deleterows_internal(row, column = nil,
 
       # create scan to get table names using prefix
       scan = org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Scan.new
-      scan.setRowPrefixFilter(prefix.to_java_bytes)
+      scan.setStartStopRowForPrefixScan(prefix.to_java_bytes)
       # Run the scanner to get all rowkeys
       scanner = @table.getScanner(scan)
       # Create a list to store all deletes
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ def _hash_to_scan(args)
                end
 
         # This will overwrite any startrow/stoprow settings
-        scan.setRowPrefixFilter(rowprefixfilter.to_java_bytes) if rowprefixfilter
+        scan.setStartStopRowForPrefixScan(rowprefixfilter.to_java_bytes) if rowprefixfilter
 
         # Clear converters from last scan.
         @converters.clear

src/main/asciidoc/_chapters/datamodel.adoc

@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ Table table = ...      // instantiate a Table instance
 
 Scan scan = new Scan();
 scan.addColumn(CF, ATTR);
-scan.setRowPrefixFilter(Bytes.toBytes("row"));
+scan.setStartStopRowForPrefixScan(Bytes.toBytes("row"));
 ResultScanner rs = table.getScanner(scan);
 try {
   for (Result r = rs.next(); r != null; r = rs.next()) {