[HBASE-5177] HTable needs a non cached version of getRegionLocation

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.90.4
• Fix Version/s: 0.94.0
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Pritam Damania
• Reporter: Pritam Damania
• Created: 11/Jan/12 03:28
• Updated: 12/Oct/12 05:34
• Resolved: 21/Mar/12 19:21

Description

There is a need for a non caching version of getRegionLocation
on the client side. This API is needed to quickly lookup the regionserver
that hosts a particular region without using the heavy weight
getRegionsInfo() method.