[jira] [Commented] (HBASE-10602) Cleanup HTable public interface

["Enis Soztutar (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Enis Soztutar commented on HBASE-10602:
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Converting this to be an umbrella jira. A lot of linked stuff has already been done, some more to do as linked jiras. 

> Cleanup HTable public interface
> -------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HBASE-10602
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-10602
>             Project: HBase
>          Issue Type: Umbrella
>          Components: Client, Usability
>            Reporter: Nick Dimiduk
>            Assignee: Enis Soztutar
>            Priority: Blocker
>             Fix For: 0.99.1
>
>         Attachments: hbase-10602_v1.patch
>
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> HBASE-6580 replaced the preferred means of HTableInterface acquisition to the HConnection#getTable factory methods. HBASE-9117 removes the HConnection cache, placing the burden of responsible connection cleanup on whomever acquires it.
> The remaining HTable constructors use a Connection instance and manage their own HConnection on the callers behalf. This is convenient but also a surprising source of poor performance for anyone accustomed to the previous connection caching behavior. I propose deprecating those remaining constructors for 0.98/0.96 and removing them for 1.0.
> While I'm at it, I suggest we pursue some API hygiene in general and convert HTable into an interface. I'm sure there are method overloads for accepting String/byte[]/TableName where just TableName is sufficient. Can that be done for 1.0 as well?



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