Github user joshelser commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/159#discussion_r88742821
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core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/iterators/SortedKeyValueIterator.java
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@@ -147,4 +147,13 @@
* if not supported.
*/
SortedKeyValueIterator<K,V> deepCopy(IteratorEnvironment env);
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+ /**
+ * Closes the Iterator. This should be overridden by the implementing
class that has access to <tt>SortedKeyValueIterator source</tt> provided in the
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> OrIterator and CountingIterator throw UnsupportedOperationException on
init and set the source in the constructor
Ok, I see where you're coming from now. We should definitely *not* treat
those as the norm. The fact that they work is an edge condition, not our
recommended way of them functioning.
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