Method setTimeRange

src/Scanner.java:689–702

Sets the time range to scan. KeyValues that have a timestamp that do not fall in the range [min_timestamp; max_timestamp[ will not be returned by the scanner. HBase has internal optimizations to avoid loading in memory data filtered out in some cases. @param min_timestamp The mi

(final long min_timestamp, final long max_timestamp)

   * @since 1.3
   */
  public void setTimeRange(final long min_timestamp, final long max_timestamp) {
    if (min_timestamp > max_timestamp) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("New minimum timestamp (" + min_timestamp
                                         + ") is greater than the new maximum"
                                         + " timestamp: " + max_timestamp);
    } else if (min_timestamp < 0) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Negative minimum timestamp: "
                                         + min_timestamp);
    }
    checkScanningNotStarted();
    // We now have the guarantee that max_timestamp >= 0, no need to check it.
    this.min_timestamp = min_timestamp;
    this.max_timestamp = max_timestamp;
  }

  /**
   * Scans a number of rows.  Calling this method is equivalent to: