# Shard
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Represents a uniquely identified group of change records within a change data capture stream for Amazon Keyspaces.

## Contents
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 ** parentShardIds **   <a name="keyspaces-Type-Shard-parentShardIds"></a>
The identifiers of parent shards that this shard evolved from, if this shard was created through resharding.  
Type: Array of strings  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 28. Maximum length of 65.  
Required: No

 ** sequenceNumberRange **   <a name="keyspaces-Type-Shard-sequenceNumberRange"></a>
The range of sequence numbers contained within this shard.  
Type: [SequenceNumberRange](API_SequenceNumberRange.md) object  
Required: No

 ** shardId **   <a name="keyspaces-Type-Shard-shardId"></a>
A unique identifier for this shard within the stream.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 28. Maximum length of 65.  
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/keyspacesstreams-2024-09-09/Shard) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/keyspacesstreams-2024-09-09/Shard) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/keyspacesstreams-2024-09-09/Shard)