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ChildShard - Amazon Kinesis Data Streams Service

ChildShard

Output parameter of the GetRecords API. The existing child shard of the current shard.

Contents

HashKeyRange

The range of possible hash key values for the shard, which is a set of ordered contiguous positive integers.

Type: HashKeyRange object

Required: Yes

ParentShards

The current shard that is the parent of the existing child shard.

Type: Array of strings

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+

Required: Yes

ShardId

The shard ID of the existing child shard of the current shard.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+

Required: Yes

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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