HBASE-6794 FilterBase should provide a default implementation of toByteArray

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gchanan 2012-09-17 21:12:07 +00:00
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@ -150,6 +150,13 @@ public abstract class FilterBase extends Filter {
return this.getClass().getSimpleName(); return this.getClass().getSimpleName();
} }
/**
* Return length 0 byte array for Filters that don't require special serialization
*/
public byte [] toByteArray() {
return new byte[0];
}
/** /**
* Default implementation so that writers of custom filters aren't forced to implement. * Default implementation so that writers of custom filters aren't forced to implement.
* *