/**
* Flushes the memstore anyway.
*
* @throws IOException
*/
public void flushMemStore() throws IOException {
MemStoreSnapshot snapshot = memstore.snapshot();
internalFlushCache(snapshot);
memstore.clearSnapshot(snapshot.getId());
}
/**
* Adds a Cell into the memstore.
*
* @param cell The Cell to be added.
* @throws IOException
*/
public void addToMemstore(Cell cell) throws IOException {
memstore.add(cell);
// flush the memstore if it's full.
flushMemStoreIfNecessary();
}
/**
* Flushes the memstore if the size is large enough.
*
* @throws IOException
*/
private void flushMemStoreIfNecessary() throws IOException {
if (memstore.heapSize() >= flushSize) {
flushMemStore();
}
}