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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;

/**
 * Implementer can return a CellScanner over its Cell content.
 * Class name is ugly but mimicing java.util.Iterable only we are about the dumber
 * CellScanner rather than say Iterator<Cell>.  See CellScanner class comment for why we go
 * dumber than java.util.Iterator.
 */
@InterfaceAudience.Private
public interface CellScannable {
  /**
   * @return A CellScanner over the contained {@link Cell}s
   */
  CellScanner cellScanner();
}