Github user keith-turner commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/28#discussion_r28599651
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core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/data/impl/KeyExtent.java ---
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+package org.apache.accumulo.core.data.impl;
+
+/**
+ * keeps track of information needed to identify a tablet
+ * apparently, we only need the endKey and not the start as well
+ *
+ */
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.DataInput;
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+import java.io.DataOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.SortedMap;
+import java.util.SortedSet;
+import java.util.TreeSet;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.WeakHashMap;
+
+import org.apache.accumulo.core.data.ByteSequence;
+import org.apache.accumulo.core.data.Mutation;
+import org.apache.accumulo.core.data.Range;
+import org.apache.accumulo.core.data.Value;
+import org.apache.accumulo.core.data.thrift.TKeyExtent;
+import org.apache.accumulo.core.metadata.MetadataTable;
+import org.apache.accumulo.core.metadata.RootTable;
+import org.apache.accumulo.core.metadata.schema.MetadataSchema;
+import
org.apache.accumulo.core.metadata.schema.MetadataSchema.TabletsSection;
+import org.apache.accumulo.core.util.ByteBufferUtil;
+import org.apache.accumulo.core.util.TextUtil;
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.BinaryComparable;
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.Text;
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.WritableComparable;
+
+public class KeyExtent implements WritableComparable<KeyExtent> {
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Thats a good idea. Thinking about that, it almost seems like that could
be a follow on change unrealted to API change. Not just make KeyExtent extend
TabletID, but also look into making implementation code use it.
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