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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
/**
* Defines methods to create new HTableInterface.
*
* @since 0.21.0
*/
public interface HTableInterfaceFactory {
/**
* Creates a new HTableInterface.
*
* @param config HBaseConfiguration instance.
* @param tableName name of the HBase table.
* @return HTableInterface instance.
*/
HTableInterface createHTableInterface(Configuration config, byte[] tableName);
/**
* Release the HTable resource represented by the table.
* @param table
*/
void releaseHTableInterface(final HTableInterface table) throws IOException;
}