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stack commented on HBASE-2678:
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Is the 'vnd.' prefix like 'x-'?  I seem to be missing how this versions the 
interface.  Where is the version number in the above?  Thanks.

> version the REST interface
> --------------------------
>
>                 Key: HBASE-2678
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-2678
>             Project: HBase
>          Issue Type: Sub-task
>            Reporter: Andrew Purtell
>            Assignee: Andrew Purtell
>
> As mentioned in HBASE-2563, we should deprecate all uses of _cell_ in the API 
> and replace with new APIs that use _value_ instead. So we need a way to 
> version the REST interface, to provide an updated API while maintaining 
> access to the deprecated one until the next major revision. However, 
> something like this I consider wrong:
> {{/path/to/v1/resource}}
> and also:
> {{/v2/path/to/resource}}
> because the resource is the same regardless of the representation change. 
> REST makes a distinction between the representation and the resource using 
> media types. 
> Currently Stargate supports the following encodings:
> * {{text/plain}}  (in some cases)
> * binary: {{application/octet-stream}} (freeform, no schema change needed)
> * XML: {{text/xml}}
> * JSON: {{application/json}}
> * protobufs: {{application/x-protobuf}}
> We can add Avro encoding support in HBASE-2557 with the new representation as 
> {{application/x-avro-binary}} immediately. For XML, JSON, and protobuf 
> encoding, we can support new representations using the following new media 
> types in the current version:
> * XML: {{application/vnd.hbase+xml}}
> * JSON: {{application/vnd.hbase+json}}
> * protobufs: {{application/vnd.hbase+protobuf}}
> * and for sake of consistency: {{application/vnd.hbase+avro}}
> and then in the next major version recognize both MIME types but return the 
> same (newer) representation. 

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