When I worked with HBase, I spent a lot time to convert the byte array into types like String or Long. Why does HBase store value as byte array instead of typed value?
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When I worked with HBase, I spent a lot time to convert the byte array into types like String or Long. Why does HBase store value as byte array instead of typed value?
HBase is a Bigtable clone, and that’s what Bigtable does. Bigtable typically does not store fine-grained data like a relational database, they store serialized objects, typically protocol buffers.
You can either try using the serialize object approach, or abstract the interface to the HBase library so that you only convert your types in a single place.