/**
   * Gets a set of input splits for a MapReduce job running over a Kiji table. One split is created
   * per region in the input Kiji table.
   *
   * @param configuration of the job using the splits. The configuration should specify the input
   *     Kiji table being used, through the configuration variable {@link
   *     KijiConfKeys#KIJI_INPUT_TABLE_URI}.
   * @param numSplits desired for the job. This framework hint is ignored by this method.
   * @return an array of input splits to be operated on in the MapReduce job.
   * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs while communicating with HBase to determine the
   *     regions in the Kiji table.
   */
  @Override
  public InputSplit[] getSplits(JobConf configuration, int numSplits) throws IOException {
    final String uriString =
        Preconditions.checkNotNull(configuration.get(KijiConfKeys.KIJI_INPUT_TABLE_URI));
    final KijiURI inputTableURI = KijiURI.newBuilder(uriString).build();
    final Kiji kiji = Kiji.Factory.open(inputTableURI, configuration);
    try {
      final KijiTable table = kiji.openTable(inputTableURI.getTable());
      try {
        final HTableInterface htable = HBaseKijiTable.downcast(table).getHTable();

        final List<InputSplit> splits = Lists.newArrayList();
        for (KijiRegion region : table.getRegions()) {
          final byte[] startKey = region.getStartKey();
          // TODO(KIJIMR-65): For now pick the first available location (ie. region server), if any.
          final String location =
              region.getLocations().isEmpty() ? null : region.getLocations().iterator().next();
          final TableSplit tableSplit =
              new TableSplit(htable.getTableName(), startKey, region.getEndKey(), location);
          splits.add(new KijiTableSplit(tableSplit));
        }
        return splits.toArray(new InputSplit[0]);

      } finally {
        table.release();
      }
    } finally {
      kiji.release();
    }
  }
  /**
   * Generates a split for a given table.
   *
   * @param tableURI URI of the Kiji table to split.
   * @param nsplits Number of splits.
   * @param conf Base Hadoop configuration used to open the Kiji instance.
   * @return a list of split start keys, as HFileKeyValue (with no value, just the keys).
   * @throws IOException on I/O error.
   */
  private static List<HFileKeyValue> makeTableKeySplit(
      KijiURI tableURI, int nsplits, Configuration conf) throws IOException {
    final Kiji kiji = Kiji.Factory.open(tableURI, conf);
    try {
      final KijiTable table = kiji.openTable(tableURI.getTable());
      try {
        if (NUM_SPLITS_AUTO == nsplits) {
          final List<HFileKeyValue> startKeys = Lists.newArrayList();
          for (KijiRegion region : table.getRegions()) {
            startKeys.add(HFileKeyValue.createFromRowKey(region.getStartKey()));
          }
          return startKeys;

        } else {
          switch (KijiTableLayout.getEncoding(table.getLayout().getDesc().getKeysFormat())) {
            case RAW:
              {
                // The user has explicitly specified how many HFiles to create, but this is not
                // possible when row key hashing is disabled.
                throw new JobConfigurationException(
                    String.format(
                        "Table '%s' has row key hashing disabled, so the number of HFile splits must be"
                            + "determined by the number of HRegions in the HTable. "
                            + "Use an HFileMapReduceJobOutput constructor that enables auto splitting.",
                        table.getName()));
              }
            case FORMATTED:
            case HASH:
            case HASH_PREFIX:
              {
                // Those cases are supported:
                break;
              }
            default:
              throw new RuntimeException(
                  "Unhandled row key encoding: "
                      + KijiTableLayout.getEncoding(table.getLayout().getDesc().getKeysFormat()));
          }
          return generateEvenStartKeys(nsplits);
        }
      } finally {
        ResourceUtils.releaseOrLog(table);
      }
    } finally {
      ResourceUtils.releaseOrLog(kiji);
    }
  }