Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-common-issues-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: (qmail 40310 invoked from network); 29 Oct 2009 21:54:23 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 29 Oct 2009 21:54:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 76633 invoked by uid 500); 29 Oct 2009 21:54:23 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-common-issues-archive@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 76589 invoked by uid 500); 29 Oct 2009 21:54:23 -0000 Mailing-List: contact common-issues-help@hadoop.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: common-issues@hadoop.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list common-issues@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 76578 invoked by uid 99); 29 Oct 2009 21:54:22 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:54:22 +0000 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; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:54:20 +0000 Received: from brutus (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by brutus.apache.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0970234C045 for ; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:53:59 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1067962207.1256853239645.JavaMail.jira@brutus> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:53:59 +0000 (UTC) From: "Sanjay Radia (JIRA)" To: common-issues@hadoop.apache.org Subject: [jira] Updated: (HADOOP-6223) New improved FileSystem interface for those implementing new files systems. In-Reply-To: <9646781.1251678812835.JavaMail.jira@brutus> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-JIRA-FingerPrint: 30527f35849b9dde25b450d4833f0394 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-6223?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ] Sanjay Radia updated HADOOP-6223: --------------------------------- Attachment: AFS18.patch > New improved FileSystem interface for those implementing new files systems. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-6223 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-6223 > Project: Hadoop Common > Issue Type: Sub-task > Reporter: Sanjay Radia > Assignee: Sanjay Radia > Attachments: AbstractFileSystem.java, afs1.patch, AFS10.patch, AFS11.patch, AFS15.patch, AFS16.patch, AFS17.patch, AFS18.patch, AFS4.patch, Hdfs.java, Hdfs.java > > > The FileContext API (HADOOP-4952) provides an improved interface for the application writer. > This lets us simplify the FileSystem API since it will no longer need to deal with notions of default filesystem [ / ], wd, and config > defaults for blocksize, replication factor etc. Further it will not need the many overloaded methods for create() and open() since > the FileContext API provides that convenience. > The FileSystem API can be simplified and can now be restricted to those implementing new file systems. > This jira proposes that we create new file system API, and deprecate FileSystem API after a few releases. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.