public ColumnFamily updateForKey( ByteBuffer key, ColumnNameBuilder builder, UpdateParameters params) throws InvalidRequestException { CFDefinition cfDef = cfm.getCfDef(); ColumnFamily cf = UnsortedColumns.factory.create(cfm); // Inserting the CQL row marker (see #4361) // We always need to insert a marker, because of the following situation: // CREATE TABLE t ( k int PRIMARY KEY, c text ); // INSERT INTO t(k, c) VALUES (1, 1) // DELETE c FROM t WHERE k = 1; // SELECT * FROM t; // The last query should return one row (but with c == null). Adding // the marker with the insert make sure the semantic is correct (while making sure a // 'DELETE FROM t WHERE k = 1' does remove the row entirely) // // We never insert markers for Super CF as this would confuse the thrift side. if (cfDef.isComposite && !cfDef.isCompact && !cfm.isSuper()) { ByteBuffer name = builder.copy().add(ByteBufferUtil.EMPTY_BYTE_BUFFER).build(); cf.addColumn(params.makeColumn(name, ByteBufferUtil.EMPTY_BYTE_BUFFER)); } List<Operation> updates = getOperations(); if (cfDef.isCompact) { if (builder.componentCount() == 0) throw new InvalidRequestException( String.format("Missing PRIMARY KEY part %s", cfDef.columns.values().iterator().next())); if (cfDef.value == null) { // compact + no compact value implies there is no column outside the PK. So no operation // could // have passed through validation assert updates.isEmpty(); setToEmptyOperation.execute(key, cf, builder.copy(), params); } else { // compact means we don't have a row marker, so don't accept to set only the PK. See // CASSANDRA-5648. if (updates.isEmpty()) throw new InvalidRequestException( String.format("Column %s is mandatory for this COMPACT STORAGE table", cfDef.value)); for (Operation update : updates) update.execute(key, cf, builder.copy(), params); } } else { for (Operation update : updates) update.execute(key, cf, builder.copy(), params); } return cf; }