Method setMaxNumBytes

src/Scanner.java:591–598

Sets the maximum number of bytes returned at once by the scanner. HBase may actually return more than this many bytes because it will not truncate a row in the middle. This value is only used when communicating with HBase 0.95 and newer. For older versions of HBase this value is silently ign

(final long max_num_bytes)

   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code max_num_bytes <= 0}
   */
  public void setMaxNumBytes(final long max_num_bytes) {
    if (max_num_bytes <= 0) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Need a strictly positive number of"
                                         + " bytes, got " + max_num_bytes);
    }
    checkScanningNotStarted();
    this.max_num_bytes = max_num_bytes;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the maximum number of bytes returned at once by the scanner.