It sounds like the RemoteWriteIterator is similar to what I would need. Thanks for the tip and for pointing me towards the documentation/caution.
Leo On 2016-07-18 16:32 (-0400), Josh Elser <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Backstory: Dylan and I have had some heated debates on the subject and > > disagree.> > > Looks like we did get some docs added for this too now that I look more > > closely> > > http://accumulo.apache.org/1.7/accumulo_user_manual#_take_caution_in_constructing_new_data_in_an_iterator> > > Dylan Hutchison wrote:> > > (Or, you can use follow the Graphulo<https://github.com/Accla/graphulo/>> > > library's approach. See the RemoteWriteIteartor class.)> > >> > > On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 12:39 PM, Josh > > Elser<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:> > >> > >> While it may be possible, please do not do this. This is not a designed> > >> feature of the Iterator framework and will likely result in a deadlock of> > >> the system and/or resources leaks in the Accumulo TabletServers.> > >>> > >>> > >> St. Amour, Leo - 0553 - MITLL wrote:> > >>> > >>> Good afternoon,> > >>>> > >>> I am trying to develop a custom iterator that has the ability to write> > >>> out data to another table. In the Accumulo book, there is a paragraph> > >>> that mentions that this is theoretically possible, however after> > >>> searching the internet, I have had no luck learning how this would be> > >>> possible. Is there some sort of API that I can use to write to a table> > >>> from inside the iterator\u2019s code?> > >>>> > >>> Thanks,> > >>>> > >>> Leo> > >>>> > >> >
