Gary Helmling created HBASE-11800:
-------------------------------------
Summary: Coprocessor service methods in HTableInterface should be
annotated public
Key: HBASE-11800
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-11800
Project: HBase
Issue Type: Task
Components: Client
Affects Versions: 0.96.0, 0.98.0
Reporter: Gary Helmling
The {{HTableInterface.coprocessorService(...)}} and
{{HTableInterface.batchCoprocessorService(...)}} methods were made private in
HBASE-9529, when the coprocessor APIs were seen as unstable and evolving.
However, these methods represent a standard way for clients to use custom APIs
exposed via coprocessors. In that sense, they are targeted at general HBase
users (who may run but not develop coprocessors), as opposed to coprocessor
developers who want to extend HBase.
The coprocessor endpoint API has also remained much more stable than the
coprocessor Observer interfaces, which tend to change along with HBase
internals. So there should not be much difficulty in supporting these methods
as part of the public API.
I think we should drop the {{@InterfaceAudience.Private}} annotation on these
methods and support them as part of the public {{HTableInterface}}.
--
This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA
(v6.2#6252)
