[HBASE-11230] Remove getRowOrBefore from HTableInterface and HTable

• Type: Task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Implemented
• Fix Version/s: 0.99.0
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Andrew Kyle Purtell
• Created: 21/May/14 22:22
• Updated: 06/Apr/18 17:51
• Resolved: 03/Sep/14 00:22

Description

The javadoc for HTable#getRowOrBefore says:

   * @deprecated As of version 0.92 this method is deprecated without
   * replacement.   
   * getRowOrBefore is used internally to find entries in hbase:meta and makes
   * various assumptions about the table (which are true for hbase:meta but not
   * in general) to be efficient.

It's been deprecated long enough. We should remove it from the client API and mark it as private.

Issue Links

• is related to: PHOENIX-992 Replace hTable.getRowOrBefore with ReverseScan to get maxKey in StatsManagerImpl
• relates to: HBASE-10856 Prep for 1.0