HBASE-1517 Implement inexpensive seek operations in HFile (Pranav via Ryan)

HBASE-2903  ColumnPrefix filtering (Pranav via Ryan)
HBASE-2904  Smart seeking using filters (Pranav via Ryan)



git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/hbase/trunk@985412 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

CHANGES.txt

@@ -838,6 +838,9 @@ Release 0.21.0 - Unreleased
                (Alex Newman via Stack)
    HBASE-1660  HBASE-1660 script to handle rolling restarts
                (Nicolas Spiegelberg via Stack)
+   HBASE-1517  Implement inexpensive seek operations in HFile (Pranav via Ryan)
+   HBASE-2903  ColumnPrefix filtering (Pranav via Ryan)
+   HBASE-2904  Smart seeking using filters (Pranav via Ryan)
 
   NEW FEATURES
    HBASE-1961  HBase EC2 scripts

src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/KeyValue.java

@@ -1609,6 +1609,31 @@ public class KeyValue implements Writable, HeapSize {
     return new KeyValue(row, f, q, ts, Type.Maximum);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Create a KeyValue for the specified row, family and qualifier that would be
+   * smaller than all other possible KeyValues that have the same row,
+   * family, qualifier.
+   * Used for seeking.
+   * @param row row key
+   * @param roffset row offset
+   * @param rlength row length
+   * @param family family name
+   * @param foffset family offset
+   * @param flength family length
+   * @param qualifier column qualifier
+   * @param qoffset qualifier offset
+   * @param qlength qualifier length
+   * @return First possible key on passed Row, Family, Qualifier.
+   */
+  public static KeyValue createFirstOnRow(final byte [] row,
+      final int roffset, final int rlength, final byte [] family,
+      final int foffset, final int flength, final byte [] qualifier,
+      final int qoffset, final int qlength) {
+    return new KeyValue(row, roffset, rlength, family,
+        foffset, flength, qualifier, qoffset, qlength,
+        HConstants.LATEST_TIMESTAMP, Type.Maximum, null, 0, 0);
+  }
+
   /**
    * @param b
    * @return A KeyValue made of a byte array that holds the key-only part.

src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/filter/ColumnPrefixFilter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValue;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValue.Type;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
+
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.DataInput;
+
+/**
+ * This filter is used for selecting only those keys with columns that matches
+ * a particular prefix. For example, if prefix is 'an', it will pass keys will
+ * columns like 'and', 'anti' but not keys with columns like 'ball', 'act'.
+ */
+public class ColumnPrefixFilter extends FilterBase {
+  protected byte [] prefix = null;
+
+  public ColumnPrefixFilter() {
+    super();
+  }
+
+  public ColumnPrefixFilter(final byte [] prefix) {
+    this.prefix = prefix;
+  }
+
+  public byte[] getPrefix() {
+    return prefix;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public ReturnCode filterKeyValue(KeyValue kv) {
+    if (this.prefix == null || kv.getBuffer() == null) {
+      return ReturnCode.INCLUDE;
+    } else {
+      return filterColumn(kv.getBuffer(), kv.getQualifierOffset(), kv.getQualifierLength());
+    }
+  }
+
+  public ReturnCode filterColumn(byte[] buffer, int qualifierOffset, int qualifierLength) {
+    if (qualifierLength < prefix.length) {
+      int cmp = Bytes.compareTo(buffer, qualifierOffset, qualifierLength, this.prefix, 0,
+          qualifierLength);
+      if (cmp <= 0) {
+        return ReturnCode.SEEK_NEXT_USING_HINT;
+      } else {
+        return ReturnCode.NEXT_ROW;
+      }
+    } else {
+      int cmp = Bytes.compareTo(buffer, qualifierOffset, this.prefix.length, this.prefix, 0,
+          this.prefix.length);
+      if (cmp < 0) {
+        return ReturnCode.SEEK_NEXT_USING_HINT;
+      } else if (cmp > 0) {
+        return ReturnCode.NEXT_ROW;
+      } else {
+        return ReturnCode.INCLUDE;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  public void write(DataOutput out) throws IOException {
+    Bytes.writeByteArray(out, this.prefix);
+  }
+
+  public void readFields(DataInput in) throws IOException {
+    this.prefix = Bytes.readByteArray(in);
+  }
+
+  public KeyValue getNextKeyHint(KeyValue kv) {
+    return KeyValue.createFirstOnRow(
+        kv.getBuffer(), kv.getRowOffset(), kv.getRowLength(), kv.getBuffer(),
+        kv.getFamilyOffset(), kv.getFamilyLength(), prefix, 0, prefix.length);
+  }
+}

src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/filter/Filter.java

@@ -110,7 +110,11 @@ public interface Filter extends Writable {
      * still be called.
      */
     NEXT_ROW,
-  }
+    /**
+     * Seek to next key which is given as hint by the filter.
+     */
+    SEEK_NEXT_USING_HINT,
+}
 
   /**
    * Chance to alter the list of keyvalues to be submitted.
@@ -136,4 +140,13 @@ public interface Filter extends Writable {
    */
   public boolean filterRow();
 
+  /**
+   * If the filter returns the match code SEEK_NEXT_USING_HINT, then
+   * it should also tell which is the next key it must seek to.
+   * After receiving the match code SEEK_NEXT_USING_HINT, the QueryMatcher would
+   * call this function to find out which key it must next seek to.
+   * @return KeyValue which must be next seeked. return null if the filter is
+   * not sure which key to seek to next.
+   */
+  public KeyValue getNextKeyHint(KeyValue currentKV);
 }

src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/filter/FilterBase.java

@@ -110,4 +110,15 @@ public abstract class FilterBase implements Filter {
   public boolean filterRow() {
     return false;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Filters that are not sure which key must be next seeked to, can inherit
+   * this implementation that, by default, returns a null KeyValue.
+   *
+   * @inheritDoc
+   */
+  public KeyValue getNextKeyHint(KeyValue currentKV) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
 }

src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/filter/FilterList.java

@@ -245,4 +245,9 @@ public class FilterList implements Filter {
       HbaseObjectWritable.writeObject(out, filter, Writable.class, conf);
     }
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public KeyValue getNextKeyHint(KeyValue currentKV) {
+    return null;
+  }
 }

src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/HalfStoreFileReader.java

@@ -201,6 +201,37 @@ public class HalfStoreFileReader extends StoreFile.Reader {
         return delegate.seekTo(key, offset, length);
       }
 
+      @Override
+      public int reseekTo(byte[] key) throws IOException {
+        return reseekTo(key, 0, key.length);
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public int reseekTo(byte[] key, int offset, int length)
+      throws IOException {
+        //This function is identical to the corresponding seekTo function except
+        //that we call reseekTo (and not seekTo) on the delegate.
+        if (top) {
+          if (getComparator().compare(key, offset, length, splitkey, 0,
+              splitkey.length) < 0) {
+            return -1;
+          }
+        } else {
+          if (getComparator().compare(key, offset, length, splitkey, 0,
+              splitkey.length) >= 0) {
+            // we would place the scanner in the second half.
+            // it might be an error to return false here ever...
+            boolean res = delegate.seekBefore(splitkey, 0, splitkey.length);
+            if (!res) {
+              throw new IOException("Seeking for a key in bottom of file, but" +
+                  " key exists in top of file, failed on seekBefore(midkey)");
+            }
+            return 1;
+          }
+        }
+        return delegate.reseekTo(key, offset, length);
+      }
+
       public org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.HFile.Reader getReader() {
         return this.delegate.getReader();
       }

src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/HbaseObjectWritable.java

@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ public class HbaseObjectWritable implements Writable, Configurable {
     addToMap(WritableByteArrayComparable.class, code++);
     addToMap(FirstKeyOnlyFilter.class, code++);
     addToMap(DependentColumnFilter.class, code++);
+    addToMap(ColumnPrefixFilter.class, code++);
 
     addToMap(Delete [].class, code++);
 

src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFile.java

@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.SortedSet;
 
 import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine;
 import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLineParser;
@@ -1256,13 +1255,37 @@ public class HFile {
         return seekTo(key, 0, key.length);
       }
 
-
       public int seekTo(byte[] key, int offset, int length) throws IOException {
         int b = reader.blockContainingKey(key, offset, length);
         if (b < 0) return -1; // falls before the beginning of the file! :-(
         // Avoid re-reading the same block (that'd be dumb).
-        loadBlock(b);
+        loadBlock(b, true);
+        return blockSeek(key, offset, length, false);
+      }
 
+      public int reseekTo(byte [] key) throws IOException {
+        return reseekTo(key, 0, key.length);
+      }
+
+      public int reseekTo(byte[] key, int offset, int length)
+        throws IOException {
+
+        if (this.block != null && this.currKeyLen != 0) {
+          ByteBuffer bb = getKey();
+          int compared = this.reader.comparator.compare(key, offset, length,
+              bb.array(), bb.arrayOffset(), bb.limit());
+          if (compared < 1) {
+            //If the required key is less than or equal to current key, then
+            //don't do anything.
+            return compared;
+          }
+        }
+
+        int b = reader.blockContainingKey(key, offset, length);
+        if (b < 0) {
+          return -1;
+        }
+        loadBlock(b, false);
         return blockSeek(key, offset, length, false);
       }
 
@@ -1336,7 +1359,7 @@ public class HFile {
           b--;
           // TODO shortcut: seek forward in this block to the last key of the block.
         }
-        loadBlock(b);
+        loadBlock(b, true);
         blockSeek(key, offset, length, true);
         return true;
       }
@@ -1377,7 +1400,7 @@ public class HFile {
         return true;
       }
 
-      private void loadBlock(int bloc) throws IOException {
+      private void loadBlock(int bloc, boolean rewind) throws IOException {
         if (block == null) {
           block = reader.readBlock(bloc, this.cacheBlocks, this.pread);
           currBlock = bloc;
@@ -1389,7 +1412,13 @@ public class HFile {
             blockFetches++;
           } else {
             // we are already in the same block, just rewind to seek again.
-            block.rewind();
+            if (rewind) {
+              block.rewind();
+            }
+            else {
+              //Go back by (size of rowlength + size of valuelength) = 8 bytes
+              block.position(block.position()-8);
+            }
           }
         }
       }

src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileScanner.java

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-import java.util.SortedSet;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValue;
 
@@ -47,12 +46,37 @@ public interface HFileScanner {
    * @return -1, if key < k[0], no position;
    * 0, such that k[i] = key and scanner is left in position i; and
    * 1, such that k[i] < key, and scanner is left in position i.
-   * Furthermore, there may be a k[i+1], such that k[i] < key < k[i+1]
-   * but there may not be a k[i+1], and next() will return false (EOF).
+   * The scanner will position itself between k[i] and k[i+1] where
+   * k[i] < key <= k[i+1].
+   * If there is no key k[i+1] greater than or equal to the input key, then the
+   * scanner will position itself at the end of the file and next() will return
+   * false when it is called.
    * @throws IOException
    */
   public int seekTo(byte[] key) throws IOException;
   public int seekTo(byte[] key, int offset, int length) throws IOException;
+  /**
+   * Reseek to or just before the passed <code>key</code>. Similar to seekTo
+   * except that this can be called even if the scanner is not at the beginning
+   * of a file.
+   * This can be used to seek only to keys which come after the current position
+   * of the scanner.
+   * Consider the key stream of all the keys in the file,
+   * <code>k[0] .. k[n]</code>, where there are n keys in the file after
+   * current position of HFileScanner.
+   * The scanner will position itself between k[i] and k[i+1] where
+   * k[i] < key <= k[i+1].
+   * If there is no key k[i+1] greater than or equal to the input key, then the
+   * scanner will position itself at the end of the file and next() will return
+   * false when it is called.
+   * @param key Key to find (should be non-null)
+   * @return -1, if key < k[0], no position;
+   * 0, such that k[i] = key and scanner is left in position i; and
+   * 1, such that k[i] < key, and scanner is left in position i.
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  public int reseekTo(byte[] key) throws IOException;
+  public int reseekTo(byte[] key, int offset, int length) throws IOException;
   /**
    * Consider the key stream of all the keys in the file,
    * <code>k[0] .. k[n]</code>, where there are n keys in the file.

src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/KeyValueHeap.java

@@ -220,6 +220,33 @@ public class KeyValueHeap implements KeyValueScanner, InternalScanner {
     return false;
   }
 
+  public boolean reseek(KeyValue seekKey) throws IOException {
+    //This function is very identical to the seek(KeyValue) function except that
+    //scanner.seek(seekKey) is changed to scanner.reseek(seekKey)
+    if (this.current == null) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    this.heap.add(this.current);
+    this.current = null;
+
+    KeyValueScanner scanner;
+    while ((scanner = this.heap.poll()) != null) {
+      KeyValue topKey = scanner.peek();
+      if (comparator.getComparator().compare(seekKey, topKey) <= 0) {
+        // Top KeyValue is at-or-after Seek KeyValue
+        this.current = scanner;
+        return true;
+      }
+      if (!scanner.reseek(seekKey)) {
+        scanner.close();
+      } else {
+        this.heap.add(scanner);
+      }
+    }
+    // Heap is returning empty, scanner is done
+    return false;
+  }
+
   /**
    * @return the current Heap
    */

src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/KeyValueScanner.java

@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ public interface KeyValueScanner {
    */
   public boolean seek(KeyValue key) throws IOException;
 
+  /**
+   * Reseek the scanner at or after the specified KeyValue.
+   * This method is guaranteed to seek to or before the required key only if the
+   * key comes after the current position of the scanner. Should not be used
+   * to seek to a key which may come before the current position.
+   * @param key seek value (should be non-null)
+   * @return true if scanner has values left, false if end of scanner
+   */
+  public boolean reseek(KeyValue key) throws IOException;
+
   /**
    * Close the KeyValue scanner.
    */

src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/MemStore.java

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
 import java.lang.management.RuntimeMXBean;
 import java.rmi.UnexpectedException;
@@ -601,6 +600,20 @@ public class MemStore implements HeapSize {
       return lowest != null;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean reseek(KeyValue key) {
+      while (kvsetNextRow != null &&
+          comparator.compare(kvsetNextRow, key) < 0) {
+        kvsetNextRow = getNext(kvsetIt);
+      }
+
+      while (snapshotNextRow != null &&
+          comparator.compare(snapshotNextRow, key) < 0) {
+        snapshotNextRow = getNext(snapshotIt);
+      }
+      return (kvsetNextRow != null || snapshotNextRow != null);
+    }
+
     public synchronized KeyValue peek() {
       //DebugPrint.println(" MS@" + hashCode() + " peek = " + getLowest());
       return getLowest();

src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/MinorCompactingStoreScanner.java

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValue;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.HFile;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -73,6 +72,10 @@ public class MinorCompactingStoreScanner implements KeyValueScanner, InternalSca
     throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Can't seek a MinorCompactingStoreScanner");
   }
 
+  public boolean reseek(KeyValue key) {
+    return seek(key);
+  }
+
   /**
    * High performance merge scan.
    * @param writer

src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/ScanQueryMatcher.java

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public class ScanQueryMatcher {
       // could optimize this, if necessary?
       // Could also be called SEEK_TO_CURRENT_ROW, but this
       // should be rare/never happens.
-      return MatchCode.SKIP;
+      return MatchCode.SEEK_NEXT_ROW;
     }
 
     // optimize case.
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public class ScanQueryMatcher {
     long timestamp = kv.getTimestamp();
     if (isExpired(timestamp)) {
       // done, the rest of this column will also be expired as well.
-      return MatchCode.SEEK_NEXT_COL;
+      return getNextRowOrNextColumn(bytes, offset, qualLength);
     }
 
     byte type = kv.getType();
@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ public class ScanQueryMatcher {
       } else if (filterResponse == ReturnCode.NEXT_ROW) {
         stickyNextRow = true;
         return MatchCode.SEEK_NEXT_ROW;
+      } else if (filterResponse == ReturnCode.SEEK_NEXT_USING_HINT) {
+        return MatchCode.SEEK_NEXT_USING_HINT;
       }
     }
 
@@ -272,6 +274,14 @@ public class ScanQueryMatcher {
     return this.startKey;
   }
 
+  public KeyValue getNextKeyHint(KeyValue kv) {
+    if (filter == null) {
+      return null;
+    } else {
+      return filter.getNextKeyHint(kv);
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * {@link #match} return codes.  These instruct the scanner moving through
    * memstores and StoreFiles what to do with the current KeyValue.
@@ -317,5 +327,10 @@ public class ScanQueryMatcher {
      * Done with scan, thanks to the row filter.
      */
     DONE_SCAN,
+
+    /*
+     * Seek to next key which is given as hint.
+     */
+    SEEK_NEXT_USING_HINT,
   }
 }

src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/StoreFileScanner.java

@@ -105,6 +105,20 @@ class StoreFileScanner implements KeyValueScanner {
     }
   }
 
+  public boolean reseek(KeyValue key) throws IOException {
+    try {
+      if (!reseekAtOrAfter(hfs, key)) {
+        close();
+        return false;
+      }
+      cur = hfs.getKeyValue();
+      hfs.next();
+      return true;
+    } catch (IOException ioe) {
+      throw new IOException("Could not seek " + this, ioe);
+    }
+  }
+
   public void close() {
     // Nothing to close on HFileScanner?
     cur = null;
@@ -132,6 +146,19 @@ class StoreFileScanner implements KeyValueScanner {
     return true;
   }
 
+  static boolean reseekAtOrAfter(HFileScanner s, KeyValue k)
+  throws IOException {
+    //This function is similar to seekAtOrAfter function
+    int result = s.reseekTo(k.getBuffer(), k.getKeyOffset(), k.getKeyLength());
+    if (result <= 0) {
+      return true;
+    } else {
+      // passed KV is larger than current KV in file, if there is a next
+      // it is after, if not then this scanner is done.
+      return s.next();
+    }
+  }
+
   // StoreFile filter hook.
   public boolean shouldSeek(Scan scan, final SortedSet<byte[]> columns) {
     return reader.shouldSeek(scan, columns);

src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/StoreScanner.java

@@ -279,6 +279,15 @@ class StoreScanner implements KeyValueScanner, InternalScanner, ChangedReadersOb
           this.heap.next();
           break;
 
+        case SEEK_NEXT_USING_HINT:
+          KeyValue nextKV = matcher.getNextKeyHint(kv);
+          if (nextKV != null) {
+            reseek(nextKV);
+          } else {
+            heap.next();
+          }
+          break;
+
         default:
           throw new RuntimeException("UNEXPECTED");
       }
@@ -324,18 +333,20 @@ class StoreScanner implements KeyValueScanner, InternalScanner, ChangedReadersOb
 
   private void checkReseek() throws IOException {
     if (this.heap == null && this.lastTop != null) {
-
-      reseek(this.lastTop);
+      resetScannerStack(this.lastTop);
       this.lastTop = null; // gone!
     }
     // else dont need to reseek
   }
 
-  private void reseek(KeyValue lastTopKey) throws IOException {
+  private void resetScannerStack(KeyValue lastTopKey) throws IOException {
     if (heap != null) {
       throw new RuntimeException("StoreScanner.reseek run on an existing heap!");
     }
 
+    /* When we have the scan object, should we not pass it to getScanners()
+     * to get a limited set of scanners? We did so in the constructor and we
+     * could have done it now by storing the scan object from the constructor */
     List<KeyValueScanner> scanners = getScanners();
 
     for(KeyValueScanner scanner : scanners) {
@@ -350,4 +361,11 @@ class StoreScanner implements KeyValueScanner, InternalScanner, ChangedReadersOb
     KeyValue kv = heap.peek();
     matcher.setRow((kv == null ? lastTopKey : kv).getRow());
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public synchronized boolean reseek(KeyValue kv) throws IOException {
+    //Heap cannot be null, because this is only called from next() which
+    //guarantees that heap will never be null before this call.
+    return this.heap.reseek(kv);
+  }
 }

src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/filter/TestColumnPrefixFilter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegionInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HTableDescriptor;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValue;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValueTestUtil;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Put;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Scan;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.InternalScanner;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class TestColumnPrefixFilter {
+
+  private final static HBaseTestingUtility TEST_UTIL = new
+      HBaseTestingUtility();
+
+  @Test
+  public void testColumnPrefixFilter() throws IOException {
+    String family = "Family";
+    HTableDescriptor htd = new HTableDescriptor("TestColumnPrefixFilter");
+    htd.addFamily(new HColumnDescriptor(family));
+    HRegionInfo info = new HRegionInfo(htd, null, null, false);
+    HRegion region = HRegion.createHRegion(info, HBaseTestingUtility.
+        getTestDir(), TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration());
+
+    List<String> rows = generateRandomWords(100, "row");
+    List<String> columns = generateRandomWords(10000, "column");
+    long maxTimestamp = 2;
+
+    List<KeyValue> kvList = new ArrayList<KeyValue>();
+
+    Map<String, List<KeyValue>> prefixMap = new HashMap<String,
+        List<KeyValue>>();
+
+    prefixMap.put("p", new ArrayList<KeyValue>());
+    prefixMap.put("s", new ArrayList<KeyValue>());
+
+    String valueString = "ValueString";
+
+    for (String row: rows) {
+      Put p = new Put(Bytes.toBytes(row));
+      for (String column: columns) {
+        for (long timestamp = 1; timestamp <= maxTimestamp; timestamp++) {
+          KeyValue kv = KeyValueTestUtil.create(row, family, column, timestamp,
+              valueString);
+          p.add(kv);
+          kvList.add(kv);
+          for (String s: prefixMap.keySet()) {
+            if (column.startsWith(s)) {
+              prefixMap.get(s).add(kv);
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      region.put(p);
+    }
+
+    ColumnPrefixFilter filter;
+    Scan scan = new Scan();
+    scan.setMaxVersions();
+    for (String s: prefixMap.keySet()) {
+      filter = new ColumnPrefixFilter(Bytes.toBytes(s));
+      scan.setFilter(filter);
+      InternalScanner scanner = region.getScanner(scan);
+      List<KeyValue> results = new ArrayList<KeyValue>();
+      while(scanner.next(results));
+      assertEquals(prefixMap.get(s).size(), results.size());
+    }
+  }
+
+  List<String> generateRandomWords(int numberOfWords, String suffix) {
+    Set<String> wordSet = new HashSet<String>();
+    for (int i = 0; i < numberOfWords; i++) {
+      int lengthOfWords = (int) (Math.random()*2) + 1;
+      char[] wordChar = new char[lengthOfWords];
+      for (int j = 0; j < wordChar.length; j++) {
+        wordChar[j] = (char) (Math.random() * 26 + 97);
+      }
+      String word;
+      if (suffix == null) {
+        word = new String(wordChar);
+      } else {
+        word = new String(wordChar) + suffix;
+      }
+      wordSet.add(word);
+    }
+    List<String> wordList = new ArrayList<String>(wordSet);
+    return wordList;
+  }
+}

src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestReseekTo.java

@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2010 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataOutputStream;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+/**
+ * Test {@link HFileScanner#reseekTo(byte[])}
+ */
+public class TestReseekTo {
+
+  private final static HBaseTestingUtility TEST_UTIL = new HBaseTestingUtility();
+
+  @Test
+  public void testReseekTo() throws Exception {
+
+    Path ncTFile = new Path(HBaseTestingUtility.getTestDir(), "basic.hfile");
+    FSDataOutputStream fout = TEST_UTIL.getTestFileSystem().create(ncTFile);
+    HFile.Writer writer = new HFile.Writer(fout, 4000, "none", null);
+    int numberOfKeys = 1000;
+
+    String valueString = "Value";
+
+    List<Integer> keyList = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+    List<String> valueList = new ArrayList<String>();
+
+    for (int key = 0; key < numberOfKeys; key++) {
+      String value = valueString + key;
+      keyList.add(key);
+      valueList.add(value);
+      writer.append(Bytes.toBytes(key), Bytes.toBytes(value));
+    }
+    writer.close();
+    fout.close();
+
+    HFile.Reader reader = new HFile.Reader(TEST_UTIL.getTestFileSystem(),
+        ncTFile, null, false);
+    reader.loadFileInfo();
+    HFileScanner scanner = reader.getScanner(false, true);
+
+    scanner.seekTo();
+    for (int i = 0; i < keyList.size(); i++) {
+      Integer key = keyList.get(i);
+      String value = valueList.get(i);
+      long start = System.nanoTime();
+      scanner.seekTo(Bytes.toBytes(key));
+      System.out.println("Seek Finished in: " + (System.nanoTime() - start)/1000 + " µs");
+      assertEquals(value, scanner.getValueString());
+    }
+
+    scanner.seekTo();
+    for (int i = 0; i < keyList.size(); i += 10) {
+      Integer key = keyList.get(i);
+      String value = valueList.get(i);
+      long start = System.nanoTime();
+      scanner.reseekTo(Bytes.toBytes(key));
+      System.out.println("Reseek Finished in: " + (System.nanoTime() - start)/1000 + " µs");
+      assertEquals(value, scanner.getValueString());
+    }
+  }
+
+}

src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/KeyValueScanFixture.java

@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ public class KeyValueScanFixture implements KeyValueScanner {
     return true;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean reseek(KeyValue key) {
+    return seek(key);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void close() {
     // noop.

src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestKeyValueHeap.java

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestCase;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValue;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
 
@@ -255,6 +254,11 @@ public class TestKeyValueHeap extends HBaseTestCase {
       }
       return false;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean reseek(KeyValue key) throws IOException {
+      return seek(key);
+    }
   }
 
 }

src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestQueryMatcher.java

@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ public class TestQueryMatcher extends HBaseTestCase {
         ScanQueryMatcher.MatchCode.INCLUDE,
         ScanQueryMatcher.MatchCode.SEEK_NEXT_COL,
         ScanQueryMatcher.MatchCode.INCLUDE,
-        ScanQueryMatcher.MatchCode.SEEK_NEXT_COL,
+        ScanQueryMatcher.MatchCode.SEEK_NEXT_ROW,
         ScanQueryMatcher.MatchCode.DONE
     };