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[jira] [Commented] (HBASE-4459) HbaseObjectWritable code is a byte, we will eventually run out of codes

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Ted Yu commented on HBASE-4459:
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+1 on making code of type short.

> HbaseObjectWritable code is a byte, we will eventually run out of codes
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>
>                 Key: HBASE-4459
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-4459
>             Project: HBase
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: io
>            Reporter: Jonathan Gray
>            Priority: Critical
>             Fix For: 0.94.0
>
>
> There are about 90 classes/codes in HbaseObjectWritable currently and Byte.MAX_VALUE is 127.  In addition, anyone wanting to add custom classes but not break compatibility might want to leave a gap before using codes and that's difficult in such limited space.
> Eventually we should get rid of this pattern that makes compatibility difficult (better client/server protocol handshake) but we should probably at least bump this to a short for 0.94.

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