Method checkKey

src/KeyValue.java:353–358

Validates a row key. @throws IllegalArgumentException if the key is too big. @throws NullPointerException if the key is null.

(final byte[] key)

   * @throws NullPointerException if the key is {@code null}.
   */
  static void checkKey(final byte[] key) {
    if (key.length > Short.MAX_VALUE) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("row key too long: "
        + key.length + " bytes long " + Bytes.pretty(key));
    }
  }

  /**
   * Validates a column family.