Github user keith-turner commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/159#discussion_r84778064
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core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/iterators/system/SourceSwitchingIterator.java
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@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@ private void readNext(boolean initialSeek) throws
IOException {
private boolean switchSource() throws IOException {
if (!source.isCurrent()) {
source = source.getNewDataSource();
+ // if our source actually changed, then attempt to close the
previous iterator
+ if (iter != null) {
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SourceSwitchingIterator has a unit test. It would be really nice to add a
test to check that iterators are closed when it switches sources. I can help
write this test if you would like, just let me know.
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