Hi, I would like a filter that accepts rows as long as the first X bytes of the row key are less than or equal to a certain byte array.
The RowFilter combined with the BinaryComparator comes close, but the BinaryComparator compares with whole row key. The PrefixFilter is also somewhat similar to what I need, but it can only do equality comparison. I have created a BinaryPrefixComparator. It is similar to the BinaryComparator, but it only compares the part of the row key up to the same length as the supplied byte array. It fits my needs exactly. Can I submit a patch with this comparator, or is there another way to obtain the same behavior? Thanks, Bruno. -- Bruno Dumon Outerthought http://outerthought.org/
