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Subject: [jira] [Created] (HBASE-5442) Use builder pattern in StoreFile and
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Use builder pattern in StoreFile and HFile
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                 Key: HBASE-5442
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-5442
             Project: HBase
          Issue Type: Improvement
            Reporter: Mikhail Bautin
            Assignee: Mikhail Bautin


We have five ways to create an HFile writer, two ways to create a StoreFile writer, and the sets of parameters keep changing, creating a lot of confusion, especially when porting patches across branches. The same thing is happening to HColumnDescriptor. I think we should move to a "builder pattern" solution, e.g.

{code:java}
  HFileWriter w = HFile.getWriterBuilder(conf, <some common args>)
      .setParameter1(value1)
      .setParameter2(value2)
      ...
      .build();
{code}

Each parameter setter being on its own line will make merges/cherry-pick work properly, we will not have to even mention default parameters again, and we can eliminate a dozen impossible-to-remember constructors.

This particular JIRA addresses StoreFile and HFile refactoring. For HColumnDescriptor refactoring see HBASE-5357.

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