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Jay Kreps edited comment on KAFKA-3499 at 4/4/16 6:27 PM: ---------------------------------------------------------- I think this problem is more general than byte[] since lots of things don't implement equals/hc. A couple of other options: 1. Just document it, this, after all, is how Java handles it. 2. Do a one-time check and throw an error if they haven't overridden hc/equals, something like {code} if(firstExecution) { checkOverridesEqualsAndHC(key); firstExecution = false; } {code} was (Author: jkreps): I think this problem is more general than byte[] since lots of things don't implement equals/hc. A couple of other options: 1. Just document it, this, after all, is how Java handles it. 2. Do a one-time check, something like {code} if(firstExecution) { checkOverridesEqualsAndHC(key); firstExecution = false; } {code} > byte[] should not be used as Map key nor Set member > --------------------------------------------------- > > Key: KAFKA-3499 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-3499 > Project: Kafka > Issue Type: Bug > Components: kafka streams > Reporter: josh gruenberg > Fix For: 0.10.0.0 > > > On the JVM, Array.equals and Array.hashCode do not incorporate array > contents; they inherit Object.equals/hashCode. This implies that Collections > that rely upon equals/hashCode (eg, HashMap/HashSet and variants) treat two > arrays with equal contents as distinct elements. > Many of the Kafka Streams internal classes currently use generic HashMaps and > Sets to manage caches and invalidation status. For example, > RocksDBStore.cacheDirtyKeys is a HashSet<K>. Then, in RocksDBWindowStore, the > Elements are constructed as RocksDBStore<byte[], byte[]>. > Similarly, the MemoryLRUCache<K, RocksDBCacheEntry> internally holds a > LinkedHashMap<K,V> map, and a HashSet<K> keys, and these end up holding > byte[] keys. Finally, user-code may attempt to use any of these provided > types with byte[], with undesirable results. > Keys that are byte-arrays should be wrapped in a type that incorporates the > content in their computation of equals/hashCode. java.nio.ByteBuffer is one > such type that could be used, but a purpose-built immutable class would > likely be a better solution. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)