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Hadoop QA commented on HADOOP-1737: ----------------------------------- -1, build or testing failed 2 attempts failed to build and test the latest attachment http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12364181/hadoop-1737.patch against trunk revision r567877. Test results: http://lucene.zones.apache.org:8080/hudson/job/Hadoop-Patch/580/testReport/ Console output: http://lucene.zones.apache.org:8080/hudson/job/Hadoop-Patch/580/console Please note that this message is automatically generated and may represent a problem with the automation system and not the patch. > [hbase] Make HColumnDescriptor data publically members settable > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-1737 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-1737 > Project: Hadoop > Issue Type: Bug > Components: contrib/hbase > Reporter: stack > Assignee: stack > Priority: Minor > Fix For: 0.15.0 > > Attachments: hadoop-1737.patch > > > On the list Inchol Song made the following reasonable request: > Inchul Song wrote: > > I am making changes to Hbase Shell to add support for > > the new CREATE TABLE syntax. (See issue HADOOP-1720.) > > > > But there are only two useful constructors in class HColumnDescriptor > > for column creation, one with an argument specifying a column name, > > the other with a number of arguments specifying all the options > > for the column such as a compression method, max length, and so on, > > > > In a CREATE TABLE statement, when a user specifies only > > some of the available options, I'd like to fill in the remaining options > > with their default values. I expected to access those default values as > > public static fields of the HColumnDescriptor class, but those values > > were hidden in the class as private fields. So I had to look into > > the source code of the HColumnDescriptor class to find out > > which default values are used in its single argument constructor. > > > > I think it would be useful to make the default option values > > in the HColumnDescriptor class as public static fields. > > > > Is there any reason not to make them public static fields? -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.