[HADOOP-12465] Incorrect javadoc in WritableUtils.java

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.7.1
• Fix Version/s: 2.8.0, 2.7.2, 3.0.0-alpha1
• Component/s: documentation
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Jagadesh Kiran N
• Reporter: Martin Petricek
• Created: 29/Sep/15 12:33
• Updated: 06/Jan/17 07:40
• Resolved: 07/Oct/15 21:11

Description

Documentation for writeVLong in WritableUtils states that "For
-112 <= i <= 127, only one byte is used"

Documentation for writeVInt states that "For -120 <= i <= 127, only one byte is used"

writeVInt calls internally writeVLong, so the ranges are the same for both functions.
After examining the code, I see that the documentation that is at writeVLong is correct.
Documentation for writeVInt is therefore incorrect and should be fixed.