Bytes.toBytes does explicit UTF8. Java's toBytes will use the machine's locale which could vary by client. St.Ack
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 8:03 AM, Hari Sreekumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have seen people using java's native .toBytes() function without any > problems which converting tablenames etc. to bytes. I would just like to > confirm if using java's native toBytes() is fine. Is there a possibility > that the HBase byte conversion codec might change in future? Is it currently > safe? > > Thanks, > HS >
