[HBASE-2807] Create a helper method to compare family from KV

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Implemented
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jean-Daniel Cryans
• Created: 30/Jun/10 19:19
• Updated: 11/Jun/22 23:55
• Resolved: 09/Feb/15 06:18

Description

From Stack's review in HBASE-2223:

It'd be good if we didn't have to create this byte [] per edit. I should reinstitute the comparator I had that took KVs but only compared family portion of the KV... no need to create family byte [] then.