Specifying startBefore with iterators with compositeKeys

[Brian Tarbox <ta...@cabotresearch.com>]

I have a composite key consisting of: (integer, bytes) and I have rows like:
(1,abc), (1,def), (2,abc), (2,def) and I want to find all rows with the
integer part = 2.

I need to create a startBeyondName using CompositeType.Builder class and am
wondering if specifying (2, Bytes.Empty) will sort correctly?

I think another way of saying this is: "does HeapByteBuffer with
pos=,lim=0,cap=0 sort prior to any other possible HeapByteBuffer?

Thanks.

Re: Specifying startBefore with iterators with compositeKeys

[Tyler Hobbs <ty...@datastax.com>]

On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Brian Tarbox <ta...@cabotresearch.com>wrote:

> I think another way of saying this is: "does HeapByteBuffer with
> pos=,lim=0,cap=0 sort prior to any other possible HeapByteBuffer?


Yes.  However, if you use it as a slice finish, an empty ByteBuffer is
greater than any other value.


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Tyler Hobbs
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