[HBASE-13983] Doc how the oddball HTable methods getStartKey, getEndKey, etc. will be removed in 2.0.0

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.0.2, 1.2.0, 1.1.2, 2.0.0
• Component/s: documentation
• Hadoop Flags: Incompatible change, Reviewed

Release Note

Adds extra doc on getStartKeys, getEndKeys, and getStartEndKeys in HTable explaining that they will be removed in 2.0.0 (these methods did not get the proper full major version deprecation cycle).

In this issue, we actually also remove these methods in master/2.0.0 branch.

• Assignee: Michael Stack
• Reporter: Michael Stack
• Created: 29/Jun/15 02:32
• Updated: 31/Aug/15 22:39
• Resolved: 01/Jul/15 20:15

Description

See the mail thread on dev "Semantic Versioning Worksheet" for background discussion. A few methods in HTable were NOT deprecated when we cut 1.0.0: getStartKeys, getEndKeys.... This issue is about doc'ing that even though they were not deprecated, they will be removed in hbase 2.0.0.

Issue Links

• depends upon: HBASE-13214 Remove deprecated and unused methods from HTable class