[HBASE-21133] '/version' in rest should return hbase rest client version

• Type: Bug
• Status: Patch Available
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.0-alpha-1, 2.0.1, 2.2.0
• Component/s: REST
• Assignee: Guangxu Cheng
• Reporter: Guangxu Cheng
• Created: 30/Aug/18 13:32
• Updated: 31/Aug/18 02:42

Description

restVersion is a constant, which is meaningless.

  public VersionModel(ServletContext context) {
    restVersion = RESTServlet.VERSION_STRING;

String VERSION_STRING = "0.0.3";

the result of '/version'

{"Server":"jetty/6.1.26","Jersey":"1.9","REST":"0.0.3","JVM":"Oracle Corporation 1.8.0_102-25.102-b14","OS":"Linux 2.6.32.57-tlinux-1.1.2-container amd64"}