Hi, For HBase it means that the field is mapped to a specific family+qualifier. It specifies the backend column name. This may not be the case for other stores. Sql for example simply has a single name (column).
Hope this is still of any help. Ferdy On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Lewis John Mcgibbney < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > With regards to the conf/*-mapping.xml files we maintain. Can someone > please explain a bit about the 'qualifier' attribute within each > field? What purpose does this have, or what does it actually do? > > Thanks > > Lewis > > -- > Lewis >
