[HBASE-7570] rename user metadata dictionary in shell from CONFIG

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.95.0
• Component/s: shell
• Hadoop Flags: Incompatible change, Reviewed
• Release Note: The dictionary of attributes associated with HTableDescriptor and HColumnDescriptor used to be named 'CONFIG'. It is now named 'METADATA'. This is how you refer to it manipulating its contents in the shell going forward.
• Assignee: Sergey Shelukhin
• Reporter: Sergey Shelukhin
• Created: 15/Jan/13 01:45
• Updated: 23/Sep/13 18:31
• Resolved: 15/Jan/13 23:11

Description

As discussed in HBASE-6894, CONFIG name for user metadata dictionary is not a very good/descriptive name. Now it will also cause confusion with per-CF/per-table configuration setting in shell.

Issue Links

• blocks: HBASE-7571 add the notion of per-table or per-column family configuration