[HBASE-960] REST interface: more generic column family configure and also get Rows using offset and limit

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.19.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.19.0
• Component/s: REST
• Assignee: sishen
• Reporter: sishen
• Created: 26/Oct/08 12:57
• Updated: 02/May/13 02:29
• Resolved: 29/Oct/08 17:42

Description

The update column family operation in REST interface will overwrite the default metadata using the default value which is unexpected.
We should use the column family to get the old value and then do update if requested by the users.

Also, for non-default metadata value, such as "hbase.hregion.majorcompaction", we should still be enable to create/update it using REST interface.

For RowHandler, the user can request with offset and limit and get the rows.

Issue Links

• depends upon: HBASE-936 REST Interface: enable to get numbers of rows from scanner interface