[HBASE-3778] HBaseAdmin.create doesn't create empty boundary keys

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 0.90.2
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Ted Dunning
• Created: 13/Apr/11 20:58
• Updated: 12/Jun/22 18:33
• Resolved: 16/Nov/16 20:56

Description

In my ycsb stuff, I have code that looks like this:

    String startKey = "user1020000000";
    String endKey = "user940000000";
    admin.createTable(descriptor, startKey.getBytes(), endKey.getBytes(), regions);

The result, however, is a table where the first and last region has defined first and last keys rather than empty keys.

The patch I am about to attach fixes this, I think. I have some worries about other uses of Bytes.split, however, and would like some eyes on this patch. Perhaps we need a new dialect of split.

Issue Links

• duplicates: HBASE-4627 Ability to specify a custom start/end to RegionSplitter