hbspark.table

Class	`Table`	Represents the instance of the HBase table.
Function	`create_table`	Create a new table inside HBase.
Function	`delete_table`	Deletes an existing table from the HBase connection.
Function	`families`	Get all of the families for a specific HBase table.
Function	`get_or_create_table`	Gets the table provided by `table_name` or creates a new one with the provided column families from `families`.
Function	`has_table`	Determine if the HBase connection contains the specified tablename.
Function	`table`	Get an instance of a specific table that can have queries performed on it.
Function	`tables`	Get all of the tables at the initialized HBase connection.

def create_table(name, families):

Create a new table inside HBase.

Parameters
name:string	The new table's name.
families:`dict : (string -> dict: (attr -> val))`	`dict` of column family names to the column settings.
Returns
`hbspark.table.Table`	An instance of the newly created table

def delete_table(name, disabled=False):

Deletes an existing table from the HBase connection.

Parameters
name:string	The name of the table that is to be deleted.
disabled:bool	Whether or not tables should only be deleted if they are disabled in hbase (False), or if any table regardless of status can be deleted (True) .
Returns
None	No return

def families(table_name):

Get all of the families for a specific HBase table.

Parameters
table_name:string	The name of the HBase table.
Returns
`dict : (string -> dict: (attr -> val))`	`dict` of column family names to the column family's HBase attributes.

def get_or_create_table(table_name, families):

Gets the table provided by table_name or creates a new one with the provided column families from families.

Parameters
table_name:string	The name of the HBase table.
families:`dict : (string -> dict: (attr -> val))`	`dict` of column family names to the column settings.
Returns
`hbspark.table.Table`	An instance of the provided `table_name` either newly created or not.

def has_table(table_name):

Determine if the HBase connection contains the specified tablename.

Parameters
table_name:string	The name for the table to be checked.
Returns
bool	True if the connection contains `table_name`, false otherwise.

def table(table_name):

Get an instance of a specific table that can have queries performed on it.

Parameters
table_name:string	The name for the table to be returned.
Returns
`hbspark.table.Table`	The table instance, permitting various querying and modification operations.

def tables():

Get all of the tables at the initialized HBase connection.

Returns
`list` of `string`	A list of the string names of the tables stored at the HBase connection `hbspark._hb_session.conn`