Method readByteArray

src/HBaseRpc.java:1092–1098

Reads a byte array. @param buf The buffer from which to read the array. @return A possibly empty but guaranteed non-null byte array. @throws IllegalArgumentException if the length we read for the byte array is out of reasonable bounds.

(final ChannelBuffer buf)

   * is out of reasonable bounds.
   */
  static byte[] readByteArray(final ChannelBuffer buf) {
    final long length = readVLong(buf);
    checkArrayLength(buf, length);
    final byte[] b = new byte[(int) length];
    buf.readBytes(b);
    return b;
  }

  /**
   * Reads a string encoded by {@code hadoop.io.WritableUtils#readString}.