Github user madrob commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/145#discussion_r77262460
--- Diff: core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/data/Key.java ---
@@ -185,6 +185,44 @@ public Key(byte row[], int rOff, int rLen, byte cf[],
int cfOff, int cfLen, byte
}
/**
+ * Creates a key.
+ *
+ * @param row
+ * bytes containing row ID
+ * @param rOff
+ * offset into row where key's row ID begins (inclusive)
+ * @param rLen
+ * length of row ID in row
+ * @param cf
+ * bytes containing column family
+ * @param cfOff
+ * offset into cf where key's column family begins (inclusive)
+ * @param cfLen
+ * length of column family in cf
+ * @param cq
+ * bytes containing column qualifier
+ * @param cqOff
+ * offset into cq where key's column qualifier begins
(inclusive)
+ * @param cqLen
+ * length of column qualifier in cq
+ * @param cv
+ * bytes containing column visibility
+ * @param cvOff
+ * offset into cv where key's column visibility begins
(inclusive)
+ * @param cvLen
+ * length of column visibility in cv
+ * @param ts
+ * timestamp
+ * @param deleted
+ * delete marker
+ * @param copy
+ * if true, forces copy of byte array values into key
+ */
+ public Key(byte row[], int rOff, int rLen, byte cf[], int cfOff, int
cfLen, byte cq[], int cqOff, int cqLen, byte cv[], int cvOff, int cvLen, long
ts, boolean deleted, boolean copy) {
--- End diff --
Because it's new and something that we'd have to support forever. It has 15
arguments which is a user error waiting to happen. If I could go back in time
and drop those other constructors in favor of a builder pattern, I probably
would. The whole point of what we're doing here is to avoid exposing the
additional combinatorial explosion of parameters.
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