Gets just boil down to single-row Scans. I believe the only reason to do Scan s = new Scan(Get) would be if you need to add extra options onto the get. Get's API is more simplified than Scan's.
On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Kevin <kevin.macksa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > From what I can tell, there are two ways of scanning a table in HBase. I'm > hoping to learn a bit by asking is the most efficient way to grab a single > row from an HTable? > > One can ask the HTable directly by creating a Get object, or one can create > a Scan object with a Get object and pass it along to the HTable. > > Maybe it doesn't matter. By looking at the source code I couldn't see how > any one way might be faster/better than another. > > Thanks. >
