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Xiang Li commented on HBASE-16363:
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Anoop, got it and thanks very much for the detailed explanation!
> Length of column qualifier in Cell is a short or int
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> Key: HBASE-16363
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-16363
> Project: HBase
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: documentation
> Reporter: Xiang Li
> Assignee: Xiang Li
> Priority: Minor
>
> In Cell interface
> (hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/Cell.java)
> In the comment, we have
> {code}
> /**
> * Contiguous raw bytes that may start at any index in the containing array.
> Max length is
> * Short.MAX_VALUE which is 32,767 bytes.
> * @return The array containing the qualifier bytes.
> */
> {code}
> The length of the qualifier is a short
> But getQualifierLength() returns int
> {code}
> int getQualifierLength();
> {code}
> Which one is correct?
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