[HBASE-25834] Remove balanceTable method from LoadBalancer interface

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0-alpha-1, 2.5.0
• Component/s: Balancer
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed

Release Note

Remove balanceTable method from LoadBalancer interface as we never call it outside balancer implementation.
Mark balanceTable method as protected in BaseLoadBalancer.
Mark balanceCluster method as final in BaseLoadBalancer, the implementation classes should not override it anymore, just implement the balanceTable method is enough.

• Assignee: Duo Zhang
• Reporter: Duo Zhang
• Created: 02/May/21 14:14
• Updated: 06/May/21 13:40
• Resolved: 05/May/21 08:08

Description

The balanceTable method is never called outside balancer implementation, so let's remove it from the interface to reduce the number of public methods, which could also reduce the work of synchronization.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #3217