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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;

import java.io.IOException;


/**
 * Defines methods to create new HTableInterface.
 *
 * @since 0.21.0
 */
@InterfaceAudience.Public
@InterfaceStability.Stable
public interface HTableInterfaceFactory {

  /**
   * Creates a new HTableInterface.
   *
   * @param config HBaseConfiguration instance.
   * @param tableName name of the HBase table.
   * @return HTableInterface instance.
   */
  HTableInterface createHTableInterface(Configuration config, byte[] tableName);


  /**
   * Release the HTable resource represented by the table.
   * @param table
   */
  void releaseHTableInterface(final HTableInterface table) throws IOException;
}
