bq. Or create a new file, compile it into ... You should go with the above approach.
On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 2:08 PM, Matt K <matvey1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to get a custom filter to work on HBase 0.96. After some > searching, I found that starting from 0.96, the implementer is required to > implement "toByteArray" and "parseFrom" methods, using Protocol Buffers. > But I'm having trouble with the "how". > > The "proto" file for the existing filters is located here: > > https://github.com/apache/hbase/blob/master/hbase-protocol/src/main/protobuf/Filter.proto > > Am I supposed to modify that file? Or create a new file, compile it into > Java, and package it up with the filter? > > In the meantime, I've taken a shortcut that's not working. Here's my code: > http://pastebin.com/iHFKu9Xz > > I'm using "PrefixFilter", which comes with HBase, since I'm also filtering > by "prefix". However, that errors out with the following: > http://pastebin.com/zBg47p6Z > > Thanks in advance for helping! > > -Matt >
