[HBASE-2635] ImmutableBytesWritable ignores offset in several cases

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.20.4, 0.90.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.20.5, 0.90.0
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Todd Lipcon
• Reporter: Todd Lipcon
• Created: 01/Jun/10 00:40
• Updated: 12/Oct/12 06:15
• Resolved: 01/Jun/10 20:55

Description

HBASE-2378 improved ImmutableBytesWritable's comparator, but there's still a bug! We assume offset = 0, which makes the comparator function incorrectly when the ImmutableBytesWritable is a slice into a larger byte array.