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href="../../../../src-html/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/CellComparatorImpl.html#line.287">compareTimestamps</a>(<a
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org.apache.hadoop.hbase">Cell</a>&nbsp;left,
+                             <a 
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+<div class="block">Compares cell's timestamps in DESCENDING order.
+ The below older timestamps sorting ahead of newer timestamps looks
+ wrong but it is intentional. This way, newer timestamps are first
+ found when we iterate over a memstore and newer versions are the
+ first we trip over when reading from a store file.</div>
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+<dd><code>left</code> - the left hand side cell</dd>
+<dd><code>right</code> - the right hand side cell</dd>
+<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
+<dd>1 if left's timestamp &lt; right's timestamp
+         -1 if left's timestamp &gt; right's timestamp
+         0 if both timestamps are equal</dd>
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+                             long&nbsp;rtimestamp)</pre>
+<div class="block">Compares timestamps in DESCENDING order.
+ The below older timestamps sorting ahead of newer timestamps looks
+ wrong but it is intentional. This way, newer timestamps are first
+ found when we iterate over a memstore and newer versions are the
+ first we trip over when reading from a store file.</div>
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+<dt><span class="paramLabel">Parameters:</span></dt>
+<dd><code>ltimestamp</code> - the left cell's timestamp</dd>
+<dd><code>rtimestamp</code> - the right cell's timestamp</dd>
+<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
+<dd>1 if left timestamp &lt; right timestamp
+         -1 if left timestamp &gt; right timestamp
+         0 if both timestamps are equal</dd>
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