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Xiang Li commented on HBASE-18824: ---------------------------------- Thanks very much [~chia7712] for the suggestion and patience! > Add meaningful comment to HConstants.LATEST_TIMESTAMP to explain why it is > MAX_VALUE > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: HBASE-18824 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-18824 > Project: HBase > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: Xiang Li > Assignee: Xiang Li > Priority: Minor > Fix For: 2.0.0 > > Attachments: HBASE-18824.master.000.patch, > HBASE-18824.master.001.patch, HBASE-18824.master.002.patch, > HBASE-18824.master.003.patch, HBASE-18824.master.004.patch, > HBASE-18824.master.005.patch > > > Thanks to [Jerry and Chia-Ping Tsai's > comments|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-18824?focusedCommentId=16167392&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-16167392] > to correct my wrong understanding. > The following documentation says that by default(when the timestamp is not > specified for Put or Delete), system uses the server's {{currentTimeMillis}}. > 1. In chapter 27.2.4 Put > bq. Doing a put always creates a new version of a cell, at a certain > timestamp. {color:#205081}By default the system uses the server’s > currentTimeMillis{color}, ... > 2. In chapter 27.2.5 Delete > bq. Deletes work by creating tombstone markers. For example, let’s suppose we > want to delete a row. For this you can specify a version, or else > {color:#205081}by default the currentTimeMillis is used.{color}... > It seems not consistent with the code. Because in the client side's code, > when timestamp is not specified, HConstants.LATEST_TIMESTAMP is used, which > is Long.MAX_VALUE, rather than {{System.currentTimeMillis()}}. > However, the documentation is correct, because on the server side, timestamp > of Put cell with HConstants.LATEST_TIMESTAMP will be replaced with server's > {{currentTimeMillis}}. > So we decide to add more comments to HConstants.LATEST_TIMESTAMP to help the > new comers steer clear of the confusion. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029)