[jira] [Commented] (HBASE-12435) The exists method on the HTable-class changes the passed-in Get-instance

["Anoop Sam John (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Anoop Sam John commented on HBASE-12435:
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The user passed Get object to exist() method can be cloned and used.  We do same for Scan object. You want to give a patch?

> The exists method on the HTable-class changes the passed-in Get-instance
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>
>                 Key: HBASE-12435
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-12435
>             Project: HBase
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Client
>    Affects Versions: 0.98.6.1
>         Environment: Cloudera Hadoop HBase 5.2.0: 0.98.6.?
>            Reporter: GK Ephorus
>              Labels: easyfix
>
> Running an HTable.get right after using HTable.exists using the same instance of a Get-object yields no results.
> Up on inspection of the code we found that the HTable.exists changes the passed-in Get-object. It changes the property 'checkExistenceOnly' to true which makes the passed-in Get-object useless for subsequent HTable.get calls.
> My suggestion is either:
> * indicate this behaviour in the documentation/javadoc
> * store the old value of the 'checkExistenceOnly' and restore it using try-finally.



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