[HDFS-16873] FileStatus compareTo does not specify ordering

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.4.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.4.0
• Component/s: documentation
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Target Version/s: 3.4.0
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: DDillon
• Reporter: DDillon
• Created: 19/Dec/22 19:44
• Updated: 28/Jan/24 07:31
• Resolved: 21/Dec/22 02:12

Description

The Javadoc of FileStatus does not specify the field and manner in which objects are ordered. In order to use the Comparable interface, this is critical to understand to avoid making any assumptions. Inspection of code showed that it is by path name quite quickly, but we shouldn't have to go into code to confirm any obvious assumptions.  

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #5219