mqliang commented on a change in pull request #6710: URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-pinot/pull/6710#discussion_r605222747
########## File path: pinot-common/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/common/utils/DataTable.java ########## @@ -80,4 +85,87 @@ double[] getDoubleArray(int rowId, int colId); String[] getStringArray(int rowId, int colId); + + /* The MetadataKeys is used in V3, where we present metadata as Map<MetadataKeys, String> + * ATTENTION: + * - Don't change existing keys. + * - Don't remove existing keys. + * - Always add new keys to the end. + * Otherwise, backward compatibility will be broken. + */ + enum MetadataKeys { Review comment: How about let's use enum at this moment. We can discuss more, if we decide to associate an id with each key later on, as long as we associate the first key with 0, second with 1, third key with 3...The bytes send on wire will not change. We can address it in a separate PR, it's just some code level change, will not change any payloads. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: commits-unsubscr...@pinot.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: commits-h...@pinot.apache.org