Github user keith-turner commented on the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/25#issuecomment-91240448
Another possible option for supporting a large number of ranges is to add a
method called `setRangesFile(conf, hdfsRangesFile)`. A method like this could
be added later and would not change any of the API added in this PR, i think it
would only change implementation. I think this can achieve the same goal I was
trying to achieve with the functor approach. I think its easier to understand
and can be easily added after these changes are released.
It is similar to
[ACCUMULO-507](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ACCUMULO-507), but avoids
the problem of Accumulo code creating a file that can not be reliably cleaned
up. The user creates the file, knows its exists, and can clean it up.
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