On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 3:03 PM, Nick Dimiduk <[email protected]> wrote:
> HBASE-6580 replaced the preferred means of HTableInterface acquisition to > the HConnection#getTable factory methods. HBASE-9117 removes the > HConnection cache, placing the burden of responsible connection cleanup on > whomever acquires it. > > The remaining HTable constructors use a Connection instance and manage > their own HConnection on the callers behalf. This is convenient but also a > surprising source of poor performance for anyone accustomed to the previous > connection caching behavior. I propose deprecating those remaining > constructors for 0.98/0.96 and removing them for 1.0. > > While I'm at it, I suggest we pursue some API hygiene in general and > convert HTable into an interface. Can that be done for 1.0 as well? > Music to my ears. St.Ack
