[CASSANDRA-9701] Enforce simple << complex sort order more strictly and efficiently

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Low
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.0 alpha 1
• Assignee: Benedict Elliott Smith
• Reporter: Benedict Elliott Smith

Authors

Benedict Elliott Smith

Reviewers

Sylvain Lebresne

• Created: 01/Jul/15 19:23
• Updated: 16/Apr/19 09:31
• Resolved: 02/Jul/15 07:52

Description

A small refactor as follow up to 8099. By splitting SIMPLE and COMPLEX into their own Kind, we can simplify the compareTo method and obtain greater certainty that we don't (now or in future) accidentally break the required sort order that simple << complex.

Issue Links

• is part of: CASSANDRA-8099 Refactor and modernize the storage engine