Hadoop with case-preservation and case-insensitivity

[Paul Sheer]

Hi there,

I have the requirement to use Hadoop with case-insensitivity and
case-preservation ala Windows.

Hadoop has such a clean class hierarchy it seems that the only change
needed is in INode.java,
(snippet below).

Can anyone help with the following question -

If I change only the methods below (to all work case-insensitively) is
this sufficient?

I.e. can I trust that all file/dir name comparison go through these
four methods.

Or will I get bitten by code elsewhere that does name comparisons or otherwise
requires case-sensitive behavior?

Many thanks for any comments.

-paul

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public abstract class INode implements Comparable<byte[]> {

    .............
    .............

  //
  // Comparable interface
  //
  public int compareTo(byte[] o) {
    return compareBytes(name, o);
  }

  public boolean equals(Object o) {
    if (!(o instanceof INode)) {
      return false;
    }
    return Arrays.equals(this.name, ((INode)o).name);
  }

  public int hashCode() {
    return Arrays.hashCode(this.name);
  }

  //
  // static methods
  //
  /**
   * Compare two byte arrays.
   *
   * @return a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer
   * as defined by {...@link #compareTo(byte[])}.
   */
  static int compareBytes(byte[] a1, byte[] a2) {
    if (a1==a2)
        return 0;
    int len1 = (a1==null ? 0 : a1.length);
    int len2 = (a2==null ? 0 : a2.length);
    int n = Math.min(len1, len2);
    byte b1, b2;
    for (int i=0; i<n; i++) {
      b1 = a1[i];
      b2 = a2[i];
      if (b1 != b2)
        return b1 - b2;
    }
    return len1 - len2;
  }

    .............
    .............

}