Java Client API

You can develop applications and tools using Riak TS with the Riak Java client. This document covers the Java API for Riak TS.

Overview

There are two packages that cover the public API for TS in the Java client:

1. The com.basho.riak.client.api.commands.timeseries package contains executable commands, and
2. the com.basho.riak.client.core.query.timeseries package contains the common data types.

Data Types

• Cell - Holds a single piece of data.
• Row - Holds a collection of Cells.
• ColumnDescription - A metadata description of a column definition in a Riak TS table.
• QueryResult - Holds a result set from a query, key list, or fetch command.

Data Type Details

Cell

A cell contains a piece of data for a row in a Riak TS table.

Note: Cells are immutable once created.

A cell can hold 5 different types of raw data:

• Varchar - byte arrays commonly used to store encoded strings.
• SInt64 - any signed 64-bit integers.
• Double - any 64-bit floating point numbers.
• Timestamp - any Unix epoch timestamp; millisecond resolution is required.
• Boolean - a true/false value.

Constructors

Cell constructors accept: strings (Varchar), longs (SInt64), double (Double), boolean (Boolean), calendar (Timestamp), and date (Timestamp).

• public Cell(String varcharValue)
• public Cell(long sint64Value)
• public Cell(double doubleValue)
• public Cell(boolean booleanValue)
• public Cell(Calendar timestampValue)
• public Cell(Date timestampValue)

There is also a special static helper for creating cells with raw timestamps.

• public static Cell newTimestamp(long value)

To create a null cell, use a literal null instead.

Instance Methods

Each data type has the following methods: has_X and get_X.

Row

A row contains a collection of cells.

Note: Rows are immutable once created.

Constructors

• public Row(Collection<Cell> cells)
• public Row(Cell... cells)

Instance Methods

• int getCellsCount() - Gets the total count of all cells in this row.
• List<Cell> getCellsCopy() - Returns a shallow copy of the immutable cell collection.
• Iterator<Cell> iterator() - Returns an iterator to the immutable cell collection.

ColumnDescription

The column description is a metadata description of a column definition in a Riak TS table, and contains both a column name and type.

Constructors

• ColumnDescription(String name, ColumnType type)

Instance Methods

• string getName() - Returns the name of the column.
• ColumnType getType() - Returns the type of the column.

Subclasses

• ColumnType - Holds an enumeration of all the column types.

public enum ColumnType
    {
        VARCHAR,
        SINT64,
        DOUBLE,
        TIMESTAMP,
        BOOLEAN
    }

QueryResult

The query result is the result set from a query, key list, or fetch command.

Note: Query results are immutable.

Constructors

There are no constructors for QueryResult.

Instance Methods

• List<ColumnDescription> getColumnDescriptionsCopy() - Returns a deep copy of the query result’s column descriptions (if any).
• int getRowCount() - Gets the total count of all rows in this result.
• List<Row> getRowsCopy() - Returns a shallow copy of the immutable row collection.
• Iterator<Row> iterator() - Returns an iterator to the immutable row collection.

Command Classes Index

All command classes have a static inner Builder class to create and build each command.

• Delete - Deletes a single row by it’s key values.
• Fetch - Fetches a single row by it’s key values.
• Query - Allows you to query a Riak TS table with the given query string.
• Store - Stores data in the Riak TS table.
• ListKeys - Lists the primary keys of all the rows in a Riak TS table.

Warning: ListKeys is a very expensive operation.

Command Class Details

Each command is created through a static Builder subclass. This pattern ensures the commands are created as correctly as possible. To create the command from the builder, call the .build() method.

To execute any command, you must have an instance of a RiakClient object. You then pass the command object as a parameter into the execute() or executeAsync() methods.

Delete

Deletes a single row by its key values.

Builder

The builder for Delete takes the table name and a list of cells that identify the primary key. The order of the cells must match the order of the values in the primary key.

• public Builder(String tableName, List<Cell> keyValues)

There is also an instance method to specify a command timeout in milliseconds:

• public Builder withTimeout(int timeout)

Return Value

• void

Fetch

Fetches a single row by its key values.

Builder

The builder for Fetch takes the table name and a list of cells that identify the primary key. The order of the cells must match the order of the values in the primary key.

• public Builder(String tableName, List<Cell> keyValues)

There is also an instance method to specify a command timeout in milliseconds:

• public Builder withTimeout(int timeout)

Return Value

• QueryResult - 1 row if a match was found; 0 rows if no match was found.

ListKeys

Lists the primary keys of all the rows in a Riak TS table.

Builder

The builder only takes the table name to list keys from:

• public Builder(String tableName)

There is also an instance method to specify a command timeout in milliseconds:

• public Builder withTimeout(int timeout)

Return Value

• QueryResult - each primary key’s cells as a row. May not contain values for column descriptions.

Query

Allows you to query a Riak TS table with the given query string.

Builder

The builder only takes the query text:

• public Builder(String queryText)

There is also a special constructor that lets you include a coverage plan’s context with your query:

• public Builder(String queryText, byte[] coverageContext)
• public Builder withCoverageContext(byte[] coverageContext)

Including a coverageContext allows for the query to be executed only on the plan’s associated vNode and only return the primary written data; while allowing TS queries to be executed in parallel and the quantum limit to be effectively bypassed.

Please see CoveragePlan() on how to obtain a coverageContext.

Return Value

• QueryResult - contains all matching rows.

Store

Stores data in the Riak TS table.

Builder

The builder constructor takes the table name:

• public Builder(String tableName)

To add rows to store, use one of the withRow() or withRows() methods:

• public Builder withRow(Row row)
• public Builder withRows(Collection<Row> rows)

Return Value

• void

CoveragePlan

Request a collection of coverage entries. Each element in the returned collection will include an IP address and port number to connect to, a human-readable description of the item, and a “coverageContext” opaque binary.

Each element corresponds to one partition and quantum range in the database, so an invocation of Query() with the coverageContext opaque binary will return only those values which fall within that single quantum for a particular vnode.

This allows for queries to be executed in parallel, and allows for the quantum limit to be effectively bypassed.

Builder

The builder only takes the table name and the query text:

• public Builder(String tableName, String queryText)

Return Value

• CoveragePlanResult - contains a collection of CoverageEntry, each of which contains connection information, a description, and a coverageContext.