SplittableScanTask

Type Parameters:

ThisT - the child Java API class

All Superinterfaces:

ScanTask, java.io.Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

DataTask, FileScanTask

All Known Implementing Classes:

BaseFileScanTask
```
public interface SplittableScanTask<ThisT>
extends ScanTask
```
A scan task that can be split into smaller scan tasks.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.Iterable<ThisT>`	`split(long targetSplitSize)`	Attempts to split this scan task into several smaller scan tasks, each close to `splitSize` size.

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

- Method Detail
  - split
```
java.lang.Iterable<ThisT> split(long targetSplitSize)
```
    Attempts to split this scan task into several smaller scan tasks, each close to splitSize size.
    Note the target split size is just guidance and the actual split size may be either smaller or larger. File formats like Parquet may leverage the row group offset information while splitting tasks.
    
    Parameters:
    
    targetSplitSize - the target size of each new scan task in bytes
    
    Returns:
    
    an Iterable of smaller tasks