Re: MultiIterator Class

2016-10-21 Thread Dylan Hutchison
The MultiIterator is used internally in Accumulo to merge sorted streams of data together. For example, merging sorted data from several RFiles and an in-memory map. It does not sort, nor could it without materializing part or all of the data stream. Poking inside Accumulo is fun, isn't it? Do

MultiIterator Class

2016-10-21 Thread Yamini Joshi
Hello All I just came across this iterator: https://github.com/apache/accumulo/blob/e900e67425d950bd4c0c5288a6270d7b362ac458/core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/iterators/system/MultiIterator.java Can someone tell me what exactly can it be used for? Can it be used to sort data acquired fr