[HBASE-10719] Cell interface may need a ByteBuffer rather than a byte[]

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Later
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: ramkrishna.s.vasudevan
• Created: 11/Mar/14 04:38
• Updated: 17/Jun/22 04:54
• Resolved: 12/Mar/14 04:41

Description

See discussion in HBASE-10531.
The byte[] backing a cell may be off heap also. In such a case having a byte[] may require a copy offheap to on heap. So better to have ByteBuffer backing a Cell.