org.apache.cassandra.triggers

Interface ITrigger

public interface ITrigger

Trigger interface, For every Mutation received by the coordinator augment(ByteBuffer, ColumnFamily) is called.

Contract:
1) Implementation of this interface should only have a constructor without parameters
2) ITrigger implementation can be instantiated multiple times during the server life time. (Depends on the number of times trigger folder is updated.)
3) ITrigger implementation should be state-less (avoid dependency on instance variables).

The API is still beta and can change.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.Collection<Mutation>	augment(java.nio.ByteBuffer partitionKey, ColumnFamily update) Called exactly once per CF update, returned mutations are atomically updated.

Method Detail

augment

java.util.Collection<Mutation> augment(java.nio.ByteBuffer partitionKey,
                                     ColumnFamily update)

Called exactly once per CF update, returned mutations are atomically updated.

Parameters:

partitionKey - - partition Key for the update.

update - - update received for the CF

Returns:

additional modifications to be applied along with the supplied update