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Chia-Ping Tsai commented on HBASE-18824:
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> Add meaningful comment to HConstants.LATEST_TIMESTAMP to explain why it is
> MAX_VALUE
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> Key: HBASE-18824
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-18824
> Project: HBase
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: Xiang Li
> Assignee: Xiang Li
> Priority: Minor
> Attachments: HBASE-18824.master.000.patch,
> HBASE-18824.master.001.patch, HBASE-18824.master.002.patch,
> HBASE-18824.master.003.patch
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>
> Thanks to [Jerry and Chia-Ping Tsai's
> comments|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-18824?focusedCommentId=16167392&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-16167392]
> to correct my wrong understanding.
> The following documentation says that by default(when the timestamp is not
> specified for Put or Delete), system uses the server's {{currentTimeMillis}}.
> 1. In chapter 27.2.4 Put
> bq. Doing a put always creates a new version of a cell, at a certain
> timestamp. {color:#205081}By default the system uses the server’s
> currentTimeMillis{color}, ...
> 2. In chapter 27.2.5 Delete
> bq. Deletes work by creating tombstone markers. For example, let’s suppose we
> want to delete a row. For this you can specify a version, or else
> {color:#205081}by default the currentTimeMillis is used.{color}...
> It seems not consistent with the code. Because in the client side's code,
> when timestamp is not specified, HConstants.LATEST_TIMESTAMP is used, which
> is Long.MAX_VALUE, rather than {{System.currentTimeMillis()}}.
> However, the documentation is correct, because on the server side, timestamp
> of Put cell with HConstants.LATEST_TIMESTAMP will be replaced with server's
> {{currentTimeMillis}}.
> So we decide to add more comments to HConstants.LATEST_TIMESTAMP to help the
> new comers steer clear of the confusion.
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