Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-core-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 75037 invoked from network); 10 Sep 2008 21:49:08 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 10 Sep 2008 21:49:08 -0000 Received: (qmail 62134 invoked by uid 500); 10 Sep 2008 21:49:03 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-core-dev-archive@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 62096 invoked by uid 500); 10 Sep 2008 21:49:03 -0000 Mailing-List: contact core-dev-help@hadoop.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: core-dev@hadoop.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list core-dev@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 62081 invoked by uid 99); 10 Sep 2008 21:49:03 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:49:03 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2000.0 required=10.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received: from [140.211.11.140] (HELO brutus.apache.org) (140.211.11.140) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:48:12 +0000 Received: from brutus (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by brutus.apache.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5686A234C1D7 for ; Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:48:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1145072740.1221083324339.JavaMail.jira@brutus> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:48:44 -0700 (PDT) From: "Chris Douglas (JIRA)" To: core-dev@hadoop.apache.org Subject: [jira] Created: (HADOOP-4151) Add a memcmp-compatible interface for key types MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Add a memcmp-compatible interface for key types ----------------------------------------------- Key: HADOOP-4151 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-4151 Project: Hadoop Core Issue Type: Improvement Reporter: Chris Douglas Assignee: Chris Douglas Fix For: 0.19.0 Attachments: 4151-0.patch Sometimes it's beneficial to treat types (like BytesWritable and Text) as byte arrays, agnostic to their type. Adding an interface to tag key types as amenable to this treatment can permit optimizations and reuse for that subset of types in tools and libraries. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.