Indeed, config and data are very similar for the purpose of carrying custom
information / metadata for the replication peer. Configuration is String ->
String, versus data is String -> binary. This is similar to how we handle
these in HTD etc.
Enis
On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 7:38 AM, Guanghao Zhang <zghao...@gmail.com> wrote:
> We have a ReplicationEndpoint implementation which replicate data to a
> streaming system(similar to kafka). And only use the configuration for the
> endpoint. I don't know the difference between DATA and CONFIG. I thought
> use CONFIG is enough for most cases.
>
> 2017-06-18 22:01 GMT+08:00 Jan Kunigk <jan.kun...@gmail.com>:
>
> > Hi, I am aware this might be pretty much a newbie question but I struggle
> > to see any docs on the what peerData and or configuration in
> > ReplicationPeerConfig should be used for...
> >
> > private final Map<byte[], byte[]> peerData;
> > private final Map<String, String> configuration;
> >
> > I would like to use them in a way that I feel apt to support a JIRA I am
> > working on, but I want to make sure I do not miss the understanding of a
> > different designated use. The configuration field seems to be quite clear
> > from the context, but what about peerData?
> >
> > src/main/ruby/shell/commands/add_peer.rb clarifies the syntax but not
> the
> > semantics...
> > hbase> add_peer '9', ENDPOINT_CLASSNAME =>
> > 'org.apache.hadoop.hbase.MyReplicationEndpoint',
> > DATA => { "key1" => 1 }, CONFIG => { "config1" => "value1", "config2"
> > => "value2" },
> >
> > Again, I hope I am not missing something obvious and would appreciate any
> > pointer.
> >
> >
> > Best, J
> >
>
