[AVRO-757] Allow a DataFile to be reopened without reading the head

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.5.0
• Component/s: java
• Labels: file
• Release Note: Allow a DataFileReader to be reopened at an arbitrary position.
• Assignee: Stu Hood
• Reporter: Stu Hood
• Created: 04/Feb/11 09:32
• Updated: 12/Mar/11 00:32
• Resolved: 07/Feb/11 21:21

Description

It is useful to be able to re-open a file without needing to seek to the head of the stream to collect metadata and schema that you've read before.

Issue Links

• relates to: CASSANDRA-674 New SSTable Format