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Matt Corgan commented on HBASE-4336:
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Sometimes helps to think of modules as things that can be pulled out of the
main project and turned into "black boxes" that just work. After you pull them
out, the main project becomes simpler.
Eventually, I think the HRegion is a good candidate for becoming a module.
It's really a database on its own which will inevitably grow more and more
complex. Then the purpose of the master and region servers are to coordinate
and host bunches of HRegions without worrying what's going on inside the region.
> Convert source tree into maven modules
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> Key: HBASE-4336
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-4336
> Project: HBase
> Issue Type: Task
> Components: build
> Reporter: Gary Helmling
> Priority: Critical
> Fix For: 0.96.0
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> When we originally converted the build to maven we had a single "core" module
> defined, but later reverted this to a module-less build for the sake of
> simplicity.
> It now looks like it's time to re-address this, as we have an actual need for
> modules to:
> * provide a trimmed down "client" library that applications can make use of
> * more cleanly support building against different versions of Hadoop, in
> place of some of the reflection machinations currently required
> * incorporate the secure RPC engine that depends on some secure Hadoop classes
> I propose we start simply by refactoring into two initial modules:
> * core - common classes and utilities, and client-side code and interfaces
> * server - master and region server implementations and supporting code
> This would also lay the groundwork for incorporating the HBase security
> features that have been developed. Once the module structure is in place,
> security-related features could then be incorporated into a third module --
> "security" -- after normal review and approval. The security module could
> then depend on secure Hadoop, without modifying the dependencies of the rest
> of the HBase code.
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