BlockFileWriter (Apache Accumulo Core 1.10.3 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

CachableBlockFile.Writer
```
public interface BlockFileWriter
```
Provides a generic interface for a Writer for a BlockBaseFile format. Supports the minimal interface required. Write a metaBlock and a dataBlock.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`close()`
`long`	`getLength()`
`ABlockWriter`	`prepareDataBlock()`
`ABlockWriter`	`prepareMetaBlock(String name)`

Method Detail

prepareMetaBlock

ABlockWriter prepareMetaBlock(String name)
                       throws IOException

Throws:: IOException

prepareDataBlock

ABlockWriter prepareDataBlock()
                       throws IOException

Throws:: IOException

close
```
void close()
    throws IOException
```
Throws:

IOException

getLength

long getLength()
        throws IOException

Throws:: IOException