The same way you will define the number of versions, the TTL (if any), etc. Just look at all the setters to get a sense to what is doable.
We are also going to update the documentation to reflect this. JM 2014-06-12 19:25 GMT-04:00 jeremy p <[email protected]>: > Awesome -- thank you both! > > --Jeremy > > > On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 4:34 PM, Subbiah, Suresh <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi Jeremy, > > > > Here is some code that creates an table using the HBaseAdmin API, with a > > bunch of options such as compression and specified key boundaries. > > http://pastebin.com/KNcv03bj > > > > The user specified options will be in the StringArrayList tableOptions. > > > > This is part of the Trafodion code @ https://github.com/trafodion/core > > > > This code too follows the model that Jean-Marc has shown. > > > > Thanks > > Suresh > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jean-Marc Spaggiari [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 4:55 PM > > To: user > > Subject: Re: How to specify a compression algorithm when creating a table > > with the HBaseAdmin object? > > > > final HBaseAdmin admin = new HBaseAdmin(config); > > HTableDescriptor table = new > > HTableDescriptor(TableName.valueOf(TABLE_NAME)); > > table.addFamily(new > > HColumnDescriptor(CF_DEFAULT).setCompressionType(Algorithm.SNAPPY)); > > admin.createTable(table); > > > > > > 2014-06-11 17:47 GMT-04:00 jeremy p <[email protected]>: > > > > > I'm currently creating a table using the HBaseAdmin object. The > > > reason I'm doing it with the HBaseAdmin object is that I need to > > > pre-split the table by specifying the start key, end key, and number > > > of regions. I want to use Snappy compression for this table, however, > > > I haven't seen any way to do this using the HBaseAdmin object. In all > > > of the examples I've seen, they're creating the table from the HBase > > > shell. How can I create a table with the HBaseAdmin object, and have > > that table use Snappy compression? > > > > > > --Jeremy > > > > > >
