Method tooManyAttempts

src/HBaseClient.java:2549–2560

Returns a Deferred containing an exception when an RPC couldn't succeed after too many attempts. @param request The RPC that was retried too many times. @param cause What was cause of the last failed attempt, if known. You can pass null if the cause is unknown.

(final HBaseRpc request,
                                          final HBaseException cause)

   * You can pass {@code null} if the cause is unknown.
   */
  static Deferred<Object> tooManyAttempts(final HBaseRpc request,
                                          final HBaseException cause) {
    // TODO(tsuna): At this point, it's possible that we have to deal with
    // a broken META table where there's a hole.  For the sake of good error
    // reporting, at this point we should try to getClosestRowBefore + scan
    // META in order to verify whether there's indeed a hole, and if there's
    // one, throw a BrokenMetaException explaining where the hole is.
    final Exception e = new NonRecoverableException("Too many attempts: "
                                                    + request, cause);
    request.callback(e);
    return Deferred.fromError(e);
  }

  /**
   * A method, similar to {@link #discoverRegion} that parses the meta row