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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.codec.prefixtree.encode.tokenize;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;


/**
 * Warning: currently unused, but code is valid.  Pending performance testing on more data sets.
 *
 * Where is the key relative to our current position in the tree. For example, the current tree node
 * is "BEFORE" the key we are seeking
 */
@InterfaceAudience.Private
public enum TokenizerRowSearchPosition {

	AFTER,//the key is after this tree node, so keep searching
	BEFORE,//in a binary search, this tells us to back up
	MATCH,//the current node is a full match
	NO_MATCH,//might as well return a value more informative than null

}
