[HDFS-6259] Support extended attributes via WebHDFS

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: HDFS XAttrs (HDFS-2006)
• Fix Version/s: HDFS XAttrs (HDFS-2006)
• Component/s: webhdfs
• Target Version/s: HDFS XAttrs (HDFS-2006)
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Yi Liu
• Reporter: Yi Liu
• Created: 18/Apr/14 16:06
• Updated: 20/May/14 03:09
• Resolved: 20/May/14 03:09

Description

Get xattrs:

curl -i 'http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=GETXATTRS&encoding=<ENCODING>'

Get xattr:

curl -i 'http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=GETXATTR&xattr.name=<XATTRNAME>&encoding=<ENCODING>'

Set xattr:

curl -i -X PUT 'http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=SETXATTR&xattr.name=<XATTRNAME>&xattr.value=<XATTRVALUE>&flag=<FLAG>'

Remove xattr:

curl -i -X PUT 'http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?op=REMOVEXATTR&xattr.name=<XATTRNAME>'

Issue Links

• requires: HDFS-6367 EnumSetParam$Domain#parse fails for parameter containing more than one enum.