Nishanth: Good question. As a general coding guide, writing unit test is always a good start. Using Matt's case as an example, take a look at TestPrefixFilter.
There're various unit tests for Filters in hbase code. Cheers On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Nishanth S <nishanth.2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Ted , > Since I am also working on similar thing is there a way we can first test > the filter on client side?.You know what I mean without disrupting others > who are using the same cluster for other work? > > Thanks, > Nishanth > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 3:17 PM, Ted Yu <yuzhih...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > >