keith-turner commented on a change in pull request #313: ACCUMULO-4726 Add
Value.contentEquals(byte[]) method
URL: https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/313#discussion_r147469254
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File path: core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/data/Value.java
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@@ -242,16 +242,16 @@ public int compareTo(final byte[] that) {
@Override
public boolean equals(Object right_obj) {
- // compare with byte[] for backwards compatibility, but this is generally
a pretty bad practice
- if (right_obj instanceof byte[]) {
- return compareTo((byte[]) right_obj) == 0;
Review comment:
I am ok with making this change (w/o the exception), since the behavior was
not documented. Thinking about it some more there are potential negative
consequences with making the change and not making the change. I have no idea
which will be most beneficial overall.
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