I may have overcomplicated things.
In my opinion creating a CompositeType with a single type should throw an
exception.
From: Sylvain Lebresne [mailto:sylv...@datastax.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 10:18 AM
To: user@cassandra.apache.org
Subject: Re: sstable writer and creating bytebuffers
hat in general, if you have only a single column, then there isn't too
much reasons to use a CompositeType.
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Sylvain
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> *From:* Sylvain Lebresne [mailto:sylv...@datastax.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, March 30, 2015 1:57 PM
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Subject: Re: sstable writer and creating bytebuffers
No, it's not a bug. In a composite every elements start by a 2 short indicating
the size of the element, plus an extra byte that is used for sorting purposes.
A little bit more details can be found in the Composit
No, it's not a bug. In a composite every elements start by a 2 short
indicating the size of the element, plus an extra byte that is used for
sorting purposes. A little bit more details can be found in the
CompositeType class javadoc if you're interested. It's not the most compact
format there is bu
