[jira] [Updated] (HBASE-5228) [REST] Rip out "transform" feature

["Andrew Purtell (Updated) (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Andrew Purtell updated HBASE-5228:
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    Attachment: HBASE-5228.patch
    
> [REST] Rip out "transform" feature
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>                 Key: HBASE-5228
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-5228
>             Project: HBase
>          Issue Type: Bug
>    Affects Versions: 0.92.0, 0.94.0, 0.90.5
>            Reporter: Andrew Purtell
>            Assignee: Andrew Purtell
>         Attachments: HBASE-5228.patch
>
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> The 'transform' feature, where REST can be instructed, via a table attribute, to apply a transformation (e.g. base64 encoding or decoding) to a (sub)set of column values before serving them up to a client or storing them into HBase, was added some time ago at the request of Jack Levin. I have since come to regret it, it was not a well thought out feature:
>   - This is really an application concern.
>   - It adds significant overhead to request processing: Periodically a HBaseAdmin is used to retrieve the table descriptor, in order to scan through table attributes for transformation directives. 
> I think it is best to rip it out, its a real problem area, and REST should be no more concerned about data formats than the Java API. 
> I doubt anyone uses this, not even Jack. Will need to follow up with him to confirm.

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