[CASSANDRA-953] Expose byte[] row keys in client APIs

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Normal
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.7 beta 1
• Assignee: Stu Hood
• Reporter: Stu Hood

Authors

Stu Hood

• Created: 05/Apr/10 15:37
• Updated: 16/Apr/19 09:33
• Resolved: 14/Apr/10 20:03

Description

Once 767 lands, row keys will be stored as bytes internally, and the partitioner will decide whether to interpret the bytes. We can then expose the byte[] keys to client APIs.

One key issue to settle is whether we should support both keys and bytes for the 0.7 release, or if we should make 0.7 a fully breaking release. The main problem with supporting both key types is that I don't think Thrift supports method overloading, so all of the methods would need to change names.