Class CompareFilter

Direct Known Subclasses:
DependentColumnFilter, FamilyFilter, QualifierFilter, RowFilter, ValueFilter

@Public public abstract class CompareFilter extends FilterBase
This is a generic filter to be used to filter by comparison. It takes an operator (equal, greater, not equal, etc) and a byte [] comparator.

To filter by row key, use RowFilter.

To filter by column family, use FamilyFilter.

To filter by column qualifier, use QualifierFilter.

To filter by value, use ValueFilter.

These filters can be wrapped with SkipFilter and WhileMatchFilter to add more control.

Multiple filters can be combined using FilterList.