## org.apache.cassandra.io.sstable
Class SSTable

    java.lang.Object
      org.apache.cassandra.io.sstable.SSTable

Direct Known Subclasses:
  SSTableReader, SSTableWriter

    public abstract class SSTable

extends java.lang.Object

This class is built on top of the SequenceFile. It stores data on disk in sorted fashion. However the sorting is upto the application. This class expects keys to be handed to it in sorted order. A separate index file is maintained as well, containing the SSTable keys and the offset into the SSTable at which they are found. Every 1/indexInterval key is read into memory when the SSTable is opened. Finally, a bloom filter file is also kept for the keys in each SSTable.

Field Summary
`static java.lang.String` `COMPONENT_DATA`
`static java.lang.String` `COMPONENT_DIGEST`
`static java.lang.String` `COMPONENT_FILTER`
`static java.lang.String` `COMPONENT_INDEX`
`static java.lang.String` `COMPONENT_STATS`
`protected java.util.Set<Component>` `components`
`boolean` `compression`
`Descriptor` `descriptor`
`DecoratedKey` `first`
`DecoratedKey` `last`
`static java.util.Comparator<SSTableReader>` `maxTimestampComparator`
`CFMetaData` `metadata`
`IPartitioner` `partitioner`
`static java.util.Comparator<SSTableReader>` `sstableComparator`
`static com.google.common.collect.Ordering<SSTableReader>` `sstableOrdering`
`static java.lang.String` `TEMPFILE_MARKER`

Constructor Summary
`protected` `SSTable(Descriptor descriptor, CFMetaData metadata, IPartitioner partitioner)`
`protected` `SSTable(Descriptor descriptor, java.util.Set<Component> components, CFMetaData metadata, IPartitioner partitioner)`

Method Summary
`long` `bytesOnDisk()`
`static boolean` `delete(Descriptor desc, java.util.Set<Component> components)` We use a ReferenceQueue to manage deleting files that have been compacted and for which no more SSTable references exist.
`java.lang.String` `getColumnFamilyName()`
`java.lang.String` `getFilename()`
`static DecoratedKey<?>` `getMinimalKey(DecoratedKey<?> key)` If the given @param key occupies only part of a larger buffer, allocate a new buffer that is only as large as necessary.
`java.lang.String` `getTableName()`
`static long` `getTotalBytes(java.lang.Iterable<SSTableReader> sstables)`
`java.lang.String` `toString()`
`static Pair<Descriptor,Component>` `tryComponentFromFilename(java.io.File dir, java.lang.String name)`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

### COMPONENT_DATA

    public static final java.lang.String COMPONENT_DATA

### COMPONENT_INDEX

    public static final java.lang.String COMPONENT_INDEX

### COMPONENT_FILTER

    public static final java.lang.String COMPONENT_FILTER

### COMPONENT_STATS

    public static final java.lang.String COMPONENT_STATS

### COMPONENT_DIGEST

    public static final java.lang.String COMPONENT_DIGEST

### TEMPFILE_MARKER

    public static final java.lang.String TEMPFILE_MARKER

See Also:
  Constant Field Values

### maxTimestampComparator

    public static final java.util.Comparator<SSTableReader> maxTimestampComparator

### descriptor

    public final Descriptor descriptor

### components

    protected final java.util.Set<Component> components

### metadata

    public final CFMetaData metadata

### partitioner

    public final IPartitioner partitioner

### compression

    public final boolean compression

### first

    public DecoratedKey first

### last

    public DecoratedKey last

### sstableComparator

    public static final java.util.Comparator<SSTableReader> sstableComparator

### sstableOrdering

    public static final com.google.common.collect.Ordering<SSTableReader> sstableOrdering

Constructor Detail

### SSTable

    protected SSTable(Descriptor descriptor,
                      CFMetaData metadata,
                      IPartitioner partitioner)

### SSTable

    protected SSTable(Descriptor descriptor,
                      java.util.Set<Component> components,
                      CFMetaData metadata,
                      IPartitioner partitioner)

Method Detail

### delete

    public static boolean delete(Descriptor desc,
                                 java.util.Set<Component> components)
                          throws java.io.IOException

  We use a ReferenceQueue to manage deleting files that have been compacted and for which no more SSTable references exist. But this is not guaranteed to run for each such file because of the semantics of the JVM gc. So, we write a marker to `compactedFilename` when a file is compacted; if such a marker exists on startup, the file should be removed. This method will also remove SSTables that are marked as temporary.

  Returns:
    true if the file was deleted
  Throws:
    `java.io.IOException`

### getMinimalKey

    public static DecoratedKey<?> getMinimalKey(DecoratedKey<?> key)

  If the given @param key occupies only part of a larger buffer, allocate a new buffer that is only as large as necessary.

### getFilename

    public java.lang.String getFilename()

### getColumnFamilyName

    public java.lang.String getColumnFamilyName()

### getTableName

    public java.lang.String getTableName()

### tryComponentFromFilename

    public static Pair<Descriptor,Component> tryComponentFromFilename(java.io.File dir,
                                                                      java.lang.String name)

  Returns:
    A Descriptor,Component pair, or null if not a valid sstable component.

### getTotalBytes

    public static long getTotalBytes(java.lang.Iterable<SSTableReader> sstables)

### bytesOnDisk

    public long bytesOnDisk()

### toString

    public java.lang.String toString()

  Overrides:
    `toString` in class `java.lang.Object`

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