[HBASE-5682] Allow HConnectionImplementation to recover from ZK connection loss (for 0.94 only)

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.94.0
• Component/s: Client
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Lars Hofhansl
• Reporter: Lars Hofhansl
• Created: 30/Mar/12 21:45
• Updated: 12/Oct/12 05:35
• Resolved: 02/Apr/12 22:12

Description

Just realized that without this HBASE-4805 is broken.
I.e. there's no point keeping a persistent HConnection around if it can be rendered permanently unusable if the ZK connection is lost temporarily.
Note that this is fixed in 0.96 with HBASE-5399 (but that seems to big to backport)