[ 
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-5761?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel
 ]

Wouter Bolsterlee updated HBASE-5761:
-------------------------------------

    Description: 
It seems to me there is an inconsistency (or error) in the Thrift2 {{TDelete}} 
struct and its documentation. The docs for the {{TDelete}} struct state:

{quote}
If no timestamp is specified the most recent version will be deleted.  To 
delete all previous versions, specify the DELETE_COLUMNS TDeleteType.
{quote}

...which implies that the default is {{TDeleteType.DELETE_COLUMN}} (singular), 
not {{TDeleteType.DELETE_COLUMNS}} (plural).

However, the {{deleteType}} field in the {{TDelete}} struct defaults to the 
value {{1}}, which is {{TDeleteType.DELETE_COLUMNS}} (plural) in 
{{/src/main/resources/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift2/hbase.thrift}}. The field 
is currently (r1239241) defined as follows:

{{4: optional TDeleteType deleteType = 1,}}

I'd suggest that the default for this optional field is changed to 
{{TDeleteType.DELETE_COLUMN}} (singular). The line above from the {{TDelete}} 
struct would then become:

{{4: optional TDeleteType deleteType = 0,}}

Since this change just involves changing a {{1}} into a {{0}}, I'll leave the 
trivial patch to someone who can also commit it in one go. Thanks in advance. :)

  was:
It seems to me there is an inconsistency (or error) in the Thrift2 {{TDelete}} 
struct and its documentation. The docs for the {{TDelete}} struct state:

{quote}
If no timestamp is specified the most recent version will be deleted.  To 
delete all previous versions, specify the DELETE_COLUMNS TDeleteType.
{quote}

...which implies that the default is {{TDeleteType.DELETE_COLUMN}} (singular), 
not {{TDeleteType.DELETE_COLUMNS}} (plural).

However, the {{deleteType}} field in the {{TDelete}} struct defaults to the 
value {{1}}, which is {{TDeleteType.DELETE_COLUMNS}} (plural) in 
{{/src/main/resources/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift2/hbase.thrift}}. The field 
is currently (r1239241) defined as follows:

{{  4: optional TDeleteType deleteType = 1,}}

I'd suggest that the default for this optional field is changed to 
{{TDeleteType.DELETE_COLUMN}} (singular). The line above from the {{TDelete}} 
struct would then become:

{{  4: optional TDeleteType deleteType = 0,}}

Since this change just involves changing a {{1}} into a {{0}}, I'll leave the 
trivial patch to someone who can also commit it in one go. Thanks in advance. :)

    
> [Thrift2] TDelete.deleteType defaults to TDeleteType.DELETE_COLUMNS, but the 
> docs suggest otherwise
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HBASE-5761
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-5761
>             Project: HBase
>          Issue Type: Bug
>            Reporter: Wouter Bolsterlee
>
> It seems to me there is an inconsistency (or error) in the Thrift2 
> {{TDelete}} struct and its documentation. The docs for the {{TDelete}} struct 
> state:
> {quote}
> If no timestamp is specified the most recent version will be deleted.  To 
> delete all previous versions, specify the DELETE_COLUMNS TDeleteType.
> {quote}
> ...which implies that the default is {{TDeleteType.DELETE_COLUMN}} 
> (singular), not {{TDeleteType.DELETE_COLUMNS}} (plural).
> However, the {{deleteType}} field in the {{TDelete}} struct defaults to the 
> value {{1}}, which is {{TDeleteType.DELETE_COLUMNS}} (plural) in 
> {{/src/main/resources/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift2/hbase.thrift}}. The 
> field is currently (r1239241) defined as follows:
> {{4: optional TDeleteType deleteType = 1,}}
> I'd suggest that the default for this optional field is changed to 
> {{TDeleteType.DELETE_COLUMN}} (singular). The line above from the {{TDelete}} 
> struct would then become:
> {{4: optional TDeleteType deleteType = 0,}}
> Since this change just involves changing a {{1}} into a {{0}}, I'll leave the 
> trivial patch to someone who can also commit it in one go. Thanks in advance. 
> :)

--
This message is automatically generated by JIRA.
If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: 
https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa
For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira

        

Reply via email to