Github user omalley commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/orc/pull/299#discussion_r208398373
--- Diff: java/core/src/java/org/apache/orc/impl/ColumnStatisticsImpl.java
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@@ -683,6 +787,150 @@ public int hashCode() {
result = 31 * result + (int) (sum ^ (sum >>> 32));
return result;
}
+
+ /**
+ * A helper function that truncates the {@link Text} input
+ * based on {@link #MAX_BYTES_RECORDED} and increments
+ * the last codepoint by 1.
+ * @param text
+ * @return truncated Text value
+ */
+ private static Text truncateUpperBound(final Text text) {
+
+ if(text.getBytes().length > MAX_BYTES_RECORDED) {
+ return truncateUpperBound(text.getBytes());
+ } else {
+ return text;
+ }
+
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * A helper function that truncates the {@link byte[]} input
+ * based on {@link #MAX_BYTES_RECORDED} and increments
+ * the last codepoint by 1.
+ * @param text
+ * @return truncated Text value
+ */
+ private static Text truncateUpperBound(final byte[] text) {
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You need the length passed in here.
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