[HBase-dev] [jira] Created: (HBASE-1035) Extend createTable to support initial region partitioning specification

Extend createTable to support initial region partitioning specification
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Key: HBASE-1035
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-1035
Project: Hadoop HBase
Issue Type: Improvement
Components: client, master
Reporter: Andrew Purtell
Priority: Minor
Fix For: 0.21.0


Krzysztof Szlapinski up on the list would like the ability to split an empty table.
Another way to look at this request is as an extension of HBaseAdmin.createTable and related HMaster functions to accept an array of HRI that will define the initial set of regions. Master should update META accordingly and assign the regions out to various regionservers even though the regions will have no store files at first.
{code}
void createTable(HTableDescriptor desc, HRegionInfo[] initialRegions)
throws IllegalArgumentException, MasterNotRunningException, TableExistsException,
IOException
{code}