MergeableScanTask

Type Parameters:

ThisT - the child Java API class

All Superinterfaces:

ScanTask, java.io.Serializable
```
public interface MergeableScanTask<ThisT>
extends ScanTask
```
A scan task that can be potentially merged with other scan tasks.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`canMerge(ScanTask other)`	Checks if this task can merge with a given task.
`ThisT`	`merge(ScanTask other)`	Merges this task with a given task.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.iceberg.ScanTask
asCombinedScanTask, asDataTask, asFileScanTask, filesCount, isDataTask, isFileScanTask, sizeBytes

- Method Detail
  - canMerge
```
boolean canMerge(ScanTask other)
```
    Checks if this task can merge with a given task.
    
    Parameters:
    
    other - another task
    
    Returns:
    
    whether the tasks can be merged
  - merge
```
ThisT merge(ScanTask other)
```
    Merges this task with a given task.
    Note this method will be called only if canMerge(ScanTask) returns true.
    
    Parameters:
    
    other - another task
    
    Returns:
    
    a new merged task