[HBASE-19112] Suspect methods on Cell to be deprecated

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0-beta-1, 2.0.0
• Component/s: Client
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed

Release Note

Adds method Cell#getType which returns enum describing Cell Type.

Deprecates the following Cell methods:

 getTypeByte
 getSequenceId
 getTagsArray
 getTagsOffset
 getTagsLength

CPs trying to build cells should use RawCellBuilderFactory that supports building cells with tags.

• Assignee: ramkrishna.s.vasudevan
• Reporter: Josh Elser
• Created: 27/Oct/17 20:50
• Updated: 21/Apr/18 16:59
• Resolved: 18/Dec/17 23:26

Description

chia7712 suggested on the mailing list that we have some methods on Cell which should be deprecated for removal:

• #getType()
• #getTimestamp()
• #getTag()
• #getSequenceId()

Let's make a pass over these (and maybe the rest) to make sure that there aren't others which are either implementation details or methods returning now-private-marked classes.

Issue Links

• links to: RB link