ctubbsii commented on code in PR #5498:
URL: https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/5498#discussion_r2056700013
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core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/metadata/AccumuloNamespace.java:
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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
/**
* Defines the name and id of all tables in the accumulo table namespace.
*/
-public enum AccumuloTable {
+public enum AccumuloNamespace {
Review Comment:
The rename makes sense for the .containsTable() method, but does not make
sense for the ROOT, METADATA, etc. constants. If they were named "ROOT_TABLE",
etc., then it might be more clear, but I agree it would be better if there was
a more concrete Table object type. I have long had an idea to create one for
the public API, with methods on it for scan, rename, delete, etc., and a
version internally, for tracking the resolved names and ids together for the
lifecycle of an operation. But, those won't necessarily solve this special case
of wanting to have hard-coded references to the built-in tables. Those
abstractions are better suited for the general use case.
These were previously on the `MetadataTable` class, but not all the builtin
tables are metadata tables, so an attempt was made in #4163 to consolidate them
into their own helper utility class.
Maybe a better name is AccumuloNamespaceTables (very clear, but long), or
BuiltinTables (shorter, but less clear)?
Perhaps it's better to pass on this change for now. I'm not sure there's a
perfect solution, and the current name is adequate, even if it is a little
confusing in some cases.
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