# Package org.apache.cassandra.io.sstable.format

Interface Summary
SSTableFormat: Provides the accessors to data on disk.

Class Summary
SSTableReader: An SSTableReader can be constructed in a number of places, but typically is either read from disk at startup, or constructed from a flushed memtable, or after compaction to replace some existing sstables.
SSTableReader.Factory
SSTableReader.Operator: TODO: Move someplace reusable
SSTableReader.SizeComparator
SSTableReader.UniqueIdentifier
SSTableWriter: This is the API all table writers must implement.
SSTableWriter.Factory
Version: A set of feature flags associated with a SSTable format versions are denoted as [major][minor].

Enum Summary
SSTableFormat.Type
SSTableReader.OpenReason