org.apache.cassandra.db.rows

## Interface UnfilteredRowIterators.MergeListener

Enclosing class:
  UnfilteredRowIterators

    public static interface UnfilteredRowIterators.MergeListener

Interface for a listener interested in the result of merging multiple versions of a given row.

Implementors of this interface are given enough information that they can easily reconstruct the difference between the merged result and each individual input. This is used when reconciling results on replias for instance to figure out what to send as read-repair to each source.

### Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
`void` `close()`
`void` `onMergedPartitionLevelDeletion(DeletionTime mergedDeletion, DeletionTime[] versions)` Called once for the merged partition.
`void` `onMergedRangeTombstoneMarkers(RangeTombstoneMarker merged, RangeTombstoneMarker[] versions)` Called once for every range tombstone marker participating in the merge.
`void` `onMergedRows(Row merged, Row[] versions)` Called once for every row participating in the merge.

### Method Detail

#### onMergedPartitionLevelDeletion

    void onMergedPartitionLevelDeletion(DeletionTime mergedDeletion,
                                        DeletionTime[] versions)

Called once for the merged partition.

Parameters:
  `mergedDeletion` - the partition level deletion for the merged partition. Implementors can test if the merged partition actually has a partition level deletion or not by calling `mergedDeletion.isLive()`.
  `versions` - the partition level deletion for the sources of the merge. Elements of the array will never be null, but be "live".

#### onMergedRows

    void onMergedRows(Row merged,
                      Row[] versions)

Called once for every row participating in the merge.

Note that this is called for every clustering where at least one of the source merged has a row. In particular, this may be called in cases where there is no row in the merged output (if a source has a row that is shadowed by another source range tombstone or partition level deletion).

Parameters:
  `merged` - the result of the merge. This cannot be `null` but can be empty, in which case this is a placeholder for when at least one source has a row, but that row is shadowed in the merged output.
  `versions` - for each source, the row in that source corresponding to `merged`. This can be `null` for some sources if the source has not such row.

#### onMergedRangeTombstoneMarkers

    void onMergedRangeTombstoneMarkers(RangeTombstoneMarker merged,
                                       RangeTombstoneMarker[] versions)

Called once for every range tombstone marker participating in the merge.

Note that this is called for every "clustering position" where at least one of the source merged has a range tombstone marker.

Parameters:
  `merged` - the marker in the merged output. This can be `null` if there is no such marker, which means that at least one source has a marker in `versions` but the merged out has nothing corresponding (this basically mean the merged output has a currently open deletion that shadows whatever marker the source had).
  `versions` - the marker for each source merged. This can be `null` for some source if that source has not such marker.

#### close

    void close()