Index: HTableInterface.java =================================================================== --- HTableInterface.java (revision 886405) +++ HTableInterface.java (working copy) @@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ /** * Method for getting data from a row. + * If the row cannot be found an empty Result is returned. + * This can be checked by calling {@link Result#isEmpty()} * * @param get the Get to fetch * @return the result @@ -153,6 +155,14 @@ void delete(Delete delete) throws IOException; /** + * Bulk commit a List of Deletes to the table. + * @param deletes List of deletes. List is modified by this method. + * On exception holds deletes that were NOT applied. + * @throws IOException + */ + void delete(List deletes) throws IOException; + + /** * Atomically increments a column value. If the column value already exists * and is not a big-endian long, this could throw an exception. *