[jira] [Updated] (HBASE-5357) Use builder pattern in StoreFile, HFile, and HColumnDescriptor instantiation

["Mikhail Bautin (Updated) (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Mikhail Bautin updated HBASE-5357:
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    Description: 
We have five ways to create an HFile writer, two ways to create a StoreFile writer, and the sets of parameters keep changing, creating a lot of confusion, especially when porting patches across branches. The same thing is happening to HColumnDescriptor. I think we should move to a "builder pattern" solution, e.g.

{code:java}
  HFileWriter w = HFile.getWriterBuilder(conf, <some common args>)
      .setParameter1(value1)
      .setParameter2(value2)
      ...
      .build();
{code}

Each parameter setter being on its own line will make merges/cherry-pick work properly, we will not have to even mention default parameters again, and we can eliminate a dozen impossible-to-remember constructors.


  was:
We have five ways to create an HFile writer, two ways to create a StoreFile writer, and the sets of parameters keep changing, creating a lot of confusion, especially when porting patches across branches. The same thing is happening to HColumnDescriptor. I think we should move to a "builder pattern" solution, e.g.

{code:java}
  HFileWriter w = HFile.getWriterBuilder(conf, <some common args>)
      .setParameter1(value1)
      .setParameter2(value2)
      ...
      .instantiate();
{code}

Each parameter setter being on the same line will make merges/cherry-pick work properly, we will not have to even mention default parameters again, and we can eliminate a dozen impossible-to-remember constructors.


    
> Use builder pattern in StoreFile, HFile, and HColumnDescriptor instantiation
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HBASE-5357
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-5357
>             Project: HBase
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>            Reporter: Mikhail Bautin
>            Assignee: Mikhail Bautin
>
> We have five ways to create an HFile writer, two ways to create a StoreFile writer, and the sets of parameters keep changing, creating a lot of confusion, especially when porting patches across branches. The same thing is happening to HColumnDescriptor. I think we should move to a "builder pattern" solution, e.g.
> {code:java}
>   HFileWriter w = HFile.getWriterBuilder(conf, <some common args>)
>       .setParameter1(value1)
>       .setParameter2(value2)
>       ...
>       .build();
> {code}
> Each parameter setter being on its own line will make merges/cherry-pick work properly, we will not have to even mention default parameters again, and we can eliminate a dozen impossible-to-remember constructors.

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