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Matt Corgan commented on HBASE-7233:
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{quote}So, set a pb header and then write out <length><bytearray> as we have
now after we send the pb.{quote}That's what I was thinking, except now we send
the Cells through an official DataBlockEncoder to generate the <bytearray>
rather than using the custom KeyValue serializer in use right now. We can make
a new DataBlockEncoder that mimics the byte[] output of the current RPC format
so it has roughly the same performance as the current client.
{quote}It won't be evolvable, right? Unless we put a 'version' in the pb
header or client{quote}We could put a version in the PB header.{quote}Probably
safe to put a version in the header even if it never gets used. I also have a
version in the internal PrefixTree encoder, but an extra version byte here or
there doesn't hurt anything.
{quote}It'd write <length><bytearray><length><bytearray> and the byte array
would be the backing array of a KV?{quote}Regarding the multiple
<length><bytearray> here - is each section a separate RPC message, or there is
a section per region from a single regionserver?
{quote}Rewriting all hfiles? Pretty controversial I'd say.{quote}Is the idea to
use Protocol Buffers to write the data blocks in the HFiles? That seems like a
performance problem. Or just the metadata like FixedFileTrailer?
{quote}I would really prefer not to double the number of kV types just to say
"foo with tags". And then double again for "foo with tags and bar".{quote}That
would be ugly, but at the same time it's difficult and maybe wasteful to
future-proof it from every angle. Tags are already sort of a flexible
future-proofing mechanism. Maybe tags can be added in a backwards compatible
way to the existing encoders. I'd have to think about it for PrefixTree,
probably punting them to a PREFIX_TREE2 encoder with some other
additions/improvements.
> Serializing KeyValues
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>
> Key: HBASE-7233
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-7233
> Project: HBase
> Issue Type: Bug
> Reporter: stack
> Assignee: stack
> Priority: Blocker
> Attachments: 7233.txt, 7233-v2.txt
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>
> Undo KeyValue being a Writable.
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