[HBASE-17086] Add comments to explain why Cell#getTagsLength() returns an int, rather than a short

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0
• Component/s: API
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Xiang Li
• Reporter: Xiang Li
• Created: 14/Nov/16 04:54
• Updated: 18/Jun/18 15:09
• Resolved: 29/Nov/16 07:24

Description

In the Cell interface, getTagsLength() returns a int
But in the KeyValue implementation, tags length is of 2 bytes. Also in ExtendedCell, when explaining the KeyValue format, tags length is stated to be 2 bytes

Any plan to update Cell interface to make getTagsLength() returns a short ?

Issue Links

• is related to: HBASE-14882 Provide a Put API that adds the provided family, qualifier, value without copying