Index: src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/ColumnTracker.java =================================================================== --- src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/ColumnTracker.java (revision 1502925) +++ src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/ColumnTracker.java (working copy) @@ -60,11 +60,6 @@ throws IOException; /** - * Updates internal variables in between files - */ - public void update(); - - /** * Resets the Matcher */ public void reset(); Index: src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/ExplicitColumnTracker.java =================================================================== --- src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/ExplicitColumnTracker.java (revision 1502925) +++ src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/ExplicitColumnTracker.java (working copy) @@ -182,19 +182,6 @@ } while(true); } - /** - * Called at the end of every StoreFile or memstore. - */ - public void update() { - if(this.columns.size() != 0) { - this.index = 0; - this.column = this.columns.get(this.index); - } else { - this.index = -1; - this.column = null; - } - } - // Called between every row. public void reset() { buildColumnList(); Index: src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/ScanWildcardColumnTracker.java =================================================================== --- src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/ScanWildcardColumnTracker.java (revision 1502925) +++ src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/ScanWildcardColumnTracker.java (working copy) @@ -141,13 +141,6 @@ } @Override - public void update() { - // no-op, shouldn't even be called - throw new UnsupportedOperationException( - "ScanWildcardColumnTracker.update should never be called!"); - } - - @Override public void reset() { columnBuffer = null; resetTSAndType(); Index: src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestExplicitColumnTracker.java =================================================================== --- src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestExplicitColumnTracker.java (revision 1502925) +++ src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestExplicitColumnTracker.java (working copy) @@ -172,13 +172,6 @@ explicit.checkColumn(col, 0, col.length, 1, KeyValue.Type.Put.getCode(), false); } - explicit.update(); - - for (int i = 1; i < 100000; i+=2) { - byte [] col = Bytes.toBytes("col"+i); - explicit.checkColumn(col, 0, col.length, 1, KeyValue.Type.Put.getCode(), - false); - } } /**