source: sample/hadoop-0.16/tw/org/nchc/code/BuildHTable.java @ 216

/**
 * Program: BuildHTable.java
 * Editor: Waue Chen 
 * From :  NCHC. Taiwn
 * Last Update Date: 06/10/2008
 */

package tw.org.nchc.code;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseAdmin;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseConfiguration;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HTableDescriptor;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.Text;

public class BuildHTable {
  private String table_name ;
  private String[] Column_Family ;
  HBaseConfiguration conf = new HBaseConfiguration();
  HBaseAdmin admin = new HBaseAdmin(conf);
  public BuildHTable(String table,String[] CF) throws IOException{
    table_name = table;
    Column_Family = CF;
  }
  

  public boolean checkTableExist(String tname)throws IOException{
    if(! admin.tableExists(new Text(tname))){
      return false;
    }
    return true;
  }
  // create Hbase table , success = 1 ; failse = 0; Table_exist = 2;
  public boolean createTable() throws IOException{
    // check whether Table name exite or not
      if(! checkTableExist(table_name)){
        System.out.println("HTable : " + table_name + "  creating ... please wait");
        HTableDescriptor tableDesc = new HTableDescriptor(table_name);
        for(int i =0; i<Column_Family.length; i++){
          String st = Column_Family[i];
          //check name format "string:"
          if(! st.endsWith(":")){
            Column_Family[i] = st+":";
            System.out.println("normize :" + st +"->" +Column_Family[i]);
          }
          //add column family
          tableDesc.addFamily(new HColumnDescriptor(Column_Family[i]));
        }
        admin.createTable(tableDesc);
      } else {
          return false;
      }
      return true;
  }
  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    
    // setup Table name 
    String Table_Name = "test_create_table2";
    // setup Column Family
    String[] Column_Family = {"http:","url:","referrer:"};
    
    BuildHTable bt = new BuildHTable( Table_Name , Column_Family);
    boolean ret = bt.createTable();
    if(ret == true){
      System.out.println("Create Table \"" +Table_Name +" \" Compelte !!!");
    }else {
      System.out.println("Table Name \"" +Table_Name +" \"  exit!!!");
    }
    }
}