initialSplits property

List<Split>? initialSplits
getter/setter pair

The optional list of row keys that will be used to initially split the table into several tablets (tablets are similar to HBase regions).

Given two split keys, s1 and s2, three tablets will be created, spanning the key ranges: [, s1), [s1, s2), [s2, ). Example: * Row keys := ["a", "apple", "custom", "customer_1", "customer_2", "other", "zz"]

  • initial_split_keys := ["apple", "customer_1", "customer_2", "other"] * Key assignment: - Tablet 1 [, apple) => {"a"}. - Tablet 2 [apple, customer_1) => {"apple", "custom"}. - Tablet 3 [customer_1, customer_2) => {"customer_1"}. - Tablet 4 [customer_2, other) => {"customer_2"}. - Tablet 5 [other, ) => {"other", "zz"}.

Implementation

core.List<Split>? initialSplits;