[CASSANDRA-3237] refactor super column implmentation to use composite column names instead

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Low
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.0 beta 1
• Labels: ponies
• Assignee: Sylvain Lebresne
• Reporter: Matthew F. Dennis

Authors

Sylvain Lebresne

Reviewers

Vijay

• Created: 21/Sep/11 21:09
• Updated: 16/Apr/19 09:32
• Resolved: 02/Jan/13 12:42

Description

super columns are annoying. composite columns offer a better API and performance. people should use composites over super columns. some people are already using super columns. C* should implement the super column API in terms of composites to reduce code, complexity and testing as well as increase performance.

Issue Links

• breaks: CASSANDRA-7188 Wrong class type: class org.apache.cassandra.db.Column in CounterColumn.reconcile

Sub-Tasks

• Get multiple column ranges: Resolved
• Support "composite prefix" tombstones: Resolved
• Support multiple ranges in SliceQueryFilter: Resolved