Object returned by Table::ReadRows(), enumerates rows in the response.
Thread-safety
Two threads operating concurrently on the same instance of this class or the iterators obtained from it are not guaranteed to work.
Iterate over the results of ReadRows() using the STL idioms.
The returned iterator is a single-pass input iterator that reads rows from the RowReader when incremented. The first row may be read when the iterator is constructed.
Creating, and particularly incrementing, multiple iterators on the same RowReader is unsupported and can produce incorrect results.
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\u003ccode\u003eRowReader\u003c/code\u003e instance with parameters like \u003ccode\u003eDataClient\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003etable_name\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eRowSet\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eFilter\u003c/code\u003e, amongst others.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eRowReader\u003c/code\u003e class includes methods like \u003ccode\u003ebegin()\u003c/code\u003e, which returns an input iterator, \u003ccode\u003eend()\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eCancel()\u003c/code\u003e to terminate a streaming read, invalidating iterators.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eiterator\u003c/code\u003e type is an alias of \u003ccode\u003eStreamRange<Row>::iterator\u003c/code\u003e, and it is a single-pass input iterator that reads rows from the RowReader when incremented.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Class RowReader (2.24.0)\n\nVersion 2.24.0keyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.42.0-rc 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[2.22.1](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1RowReader)\n- [2.21.0](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.21.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1RowReader)\n- [2.20.0](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1RowReader)\n- [2.19.0](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.19.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1RowReader)\n- [2.18.0](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.18.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1RowReader)\n- [2.17.0](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1RowReader)\n- [2.16.0](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1RowReader)\n- [2.15.1](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.15.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1RowReader)\n- [2.14.0](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.14.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1RowReader)\n- [2.13.0](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.13.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1RowReader)\n- [2.12.0](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.12.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1RowReader)\n- [2.11.0](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.11.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1RowReader) \nObject returned by [`Table::ReadRows()`](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1Table#classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1Table_1a337d7204d6ca65ccf7824a53ead0dfdb), enumerates rows in the response. \n\n###### Thread-safety\n\nTwo threads operating concurrently on the same instance of this class or the iterators obtained from it are **not** guaranteed to work.\nIterate over the results of ReadRows() using the STL idioms.\n\nConstructors\n------------\n\n### RowReader()\n\nDefault constructs an empty [RowReader](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1RowReader).\n\n### RowReader(std::shared_ptr\\\u003c DataClient \\\u003e, std::string, RowSet, std::int64_t, Filter, std::unique_ptr\\\u003c RPCRetryPolicy \\\u003e, std::unique_ptr\\\u003c RPCBackoffPolicy \\\u003e, MetadataUpdatePolicy, std::unique_ptr\\\u003c internal::ReadRowsParserFactory \\\u003e)\n\n### RowReader(std::shared_ptr\\\u003c DataClient \\\u003e, std::string, std::string, RowSet, std::int64_t, Filter, std::unique_ptr\\\u003c RPCRetryPolicy \\\u003e, std::unique_ptr\\\u003c RPCBackoffPolicy \\\u003e, MetadataUpdatePolicy, std::unique_ptr\\\u003c internal::ReadRowsParserFactory \\\u003e)\n\n### RowReader(RowReader \\&\\&)\n\nFunctions\n---------\n\n### begin()\n\nInput iterator over rows in the response. \nThe returned iterator is a single-pass input iterator that reads rows from the [RowReader](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1RowReader) when incremented. The first row may be read when the iterator is constructed.\n\nCreating, and particularly incrementing, multiple iterators on the same [RowReader](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1RowReader) is unsupported and can produce incorrect results.\n\nRetry and backoff policies are honored.\n\n### end()\n\nEnd iterator over the rows in the response.\n\n### Cancel()\n\nGracefully terminate a streaming read. \nInvalidates iterators.\n\nType Aliases\n------------\n\n### iterator\n\n**Alias Of** : `StreamRange\u003c Row \u003e::iterator`"]]