diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HTableDescriptor.java b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HTableDescriptor.java index a22e257..fc497b5 100644 --- a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HTableDescriptor.java +++ b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HTableDescriptor.java @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import java.util.Collections; import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.Map; +import java.util.Set; import java.util.TreeMap; import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path; @@ -621,6 +622,13 @@ public class HTableDescriptor implements WritableComparable, I public Collection getFamilies() { return Collections.unmodifiableCollection(this.families.values()); } + + /** + * @return Immutable sorted set of the keys of the families. + */ + public Set getFamiliesKeys() { + return Collections.unmodifiableSet(this.families.keySet()); + } @TOJSON(fieldName = "columns") public HColumnDescriptor[] getColumnFamilies() {