Github user dlmarion commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/260#discussion_r119457222
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core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/iterators/SortedKeyValueIterator.java
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@@ -147,4 +147,35 @@
* if not supported.
*/
SortedKeyValueIterator<K,V> deepCopy(IteratorEnvironment env);
+
+ /**
+ * Called when the client (i.e. calling iterator or the tserver) will
support this iterators ability to yield. If called (and true is returned), then
when
+ * next or seek is called this iterator may yield before finding the
next top value and key. When this happens, the yield position (returned by
+ * getYieldPosition) will be used when this iterator is rebuilt to seek
to the position at which it yielded. This iterator can only yield if the user
of this
+ * iterator has called this method. Note that setYieldSupported will
never be called in row isolation mode.
+ *
+ * @return <tt>boolean</tt> True if this iterator supported yielding,
false otherwise.
+ */
+ default boolean setYieldSupported() {
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suggest having a getter and setter instead of using setYieldSupported as
both a setter and getter.
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