Re: Modify rowKey in prePut hook

I don't think you can do this. Other than the fact that you cannot change
Put's row key (there's simply no interface for that), consider the
following notes:

Note-1: row key is used by HBase client (yes, in your app) to find out
where (which RegionServer) should handle that put.
Note-2: coprocessor (RegionObserver.prePut in particular) invoked on a
Region level. By that time Put's row key was already used to find this
Region, where it should be stored. Even if you could change it, things
could become corrupted, if the new key falls out of this region.

I'm sure there's much more to that, why this cannot be done. So, you have
to figure out the way to set row key in your client code...

Alex Baranau
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On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Daniel Gorgan - SKIN <
daniel.gorgan@...> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to implement something like autoIncrement in hbase's
> coprocessors.
> If the rowKey I read in prePut is empty, I will generate a new one, be
> sure that it doesn't exists, and use that one. Also, the new key should
> return to client.
> I'm trying to do this using coprocessors, I know I can do it on the client