column_family.py

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"""User friendly container for Google Cloud Bigtable Column Family."""


class ColumnFamily(object):
    """Representation of a Google Cloud Bigtable Column Family.

    :type column_family_id: str
    :param column_family_id: The ID of the column family. Must be of the
                             form ``[_a-zA-Z0-9][-_.a-zA-Z0-9]*``.

    :type table: :class:`Table <gcloud_bigtable.table.Table>`
    :param table: The table that owns the column family.
    """

    def __init__(self, column_family_id, table):
        self.column_family_id = column_family_id
        self._table = table