Method setMinTimestamp

src/Scanner.java:621–631

Sets the minimum timestamp to scan (inclusive). KeyValues that have a timestamp strictly less than this one will not be returned by the scanner. HBase has internal optimizations to avoid loading in memory data filtered out in some cases. @param timestamp The minimum timestamp to scan (i

(final long timestamp)

   * @since 1.3
   */
  public void setMinTimestamp(final long timestamp) {
    if (timestamp < 0) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Negative timestamp: " + timestamp);
    } else if (timestamp > max_timestamp) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("New minimum timestamp (" + timestamp
                                         + ") is greater than the maximum"
                                         + " timestamp: " + max_timestamp);
    }
    checkScanningNotStarted();
    min_timestamp = timestamp;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the minimum timestamp to scan (inclusive).