[HBASE-16646] Enhance LoadIncrementalHFiles API to accept store file paths as input

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Ted Yu
• Reporter: Ted Yu
• Created: 16/Sep/16 21:27
• Updated: 21/Sep/16 02:07
• Resolved: 21/Sep/16 02:07

Description

Currently LoadIncrementalHFiles takes the directory (output path) as input parameter.

In some scenarios (incremental restore of bulk loaded hfiles), the List of paths to hfiles is known.

LoadIncrementalHFiles can take the List as input parameter and proceed with loading.