[HBASE-9230] Fix the server so it can take a pure pb request param and return a pure pb result

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.98.0, 0.96.0
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed

Release Note

If the client does not specify a codec, the server will not respond using cellblocks; instead it will response with a pure protobuf message. This is slower but easier for clients to make sense of. It should make version one of a client implementation easier to do. To make the hbase client do non-cellblocking communication, set hbase.client.default.rpc.codec to the empty string and do not set hbase.client.rpc.codec

• Assignee: Michael Stack
• Reporter: Michael Stack
• Created: 15/Aug/13 04:40
• Updated: 20/Nov/15 11:53
• Resolved: 28/Aug/13 21:06

Description

Working on the asynchbase update w/ B this afternoon so it can run against 0.95/0.96, I noticed that clients HAVE TO do cellblocks as the server is currently. That is an oversight. Lets fix so can do all pb all the time too (I thought this was there but it is not); it will make it easier dev'ing simple clients.

This issue shouldn't hold up release but we should get it in to help the asynchbase convertion.

Issue Links

• relates to: HBASE-9351 Connection capability negotiation