[HBASE-1619] Change the familyMap<byte[], List<KeyValue>> in put to familyMap<ImmutableBytesWritable, List<KeyValue>>

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 0.20.0
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Erik Holstad
• Created: 07/Jul/09 06:43
• Updated: 11/Jun/22 20:48
• Resolved: 26/Jan/14 19:50

Description

While working on the HBase tap and scheme for Cascading I came across a situation where you want to add a bunch of KeyValues to a Put object.
Looking at the code for putting KeyValues in put we copy the family from the KeyValue and use that as a key. So I was thinking that it might be a good idea to just "point"
into the KV by using a ImmutableBytesWritable and use that as the key instead. This is going to be good when working with MR jobs.