[HBASE-13954] Remove HTableInterface#getRowOrBefore related server side code

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0
• Component/s: API
• Hadoop Flags: Incompatible change, Reviewed

Release Note

Removed Table#getRowOrBefore, Region#getClosestRowBefore, Store#getRowKeyAtOrBefore, RemoteHTable#getRowOrBefore apis and Thrift support for getRowOrBefore.
Also removed two coprocessor hooks preGetClosestRowBefore and postGetClosestRowBefore.
User using this api can instead use reverse scan something like below,
{code}
 Scan scan = new Scan(row);
  scan.setSmall(true);
  scan.setCaching(1);
  scan.setReversed(true);
  scan.addFamily(family);
{code}
pass this scan object to the scanner and retrieve the first Result from scanner output.

• Assignee: Ashish Singhi
• Reporter: Ashish Singhi
• Created: 23/Jun/15 11:27
• Updated: 17/Jun/22 18:23
• Resolved: 21/Jul/15 03:39

Description

As part of HBASE-13214 review, anoop.hbase had a review comment on the review board to remove all the server side related code for getRowOrBefore.

Issue Links

• is related to: HBASE-13214 Remove deprecated and unused methods from HTable class
• relates to: HBASE-14121 Remove getRowOrBefore related thrift side code
• links to: Review Board