Method getUIDAsync

src/core/TSDB.java:696–710

Attempts to find the UID matching a given name @param type The type of UID @param name The name to search for @throws IllegalArgumentException if the type is not valid @throws NoSuchUniqueName if the name was not found @since 2.1

(final UniqueIdType type, final String name)

   * @since 2.1
   */
  public Deferred<byte[]> getUIDAsync(final UniqueIdType type, final String name) {
    if (name == null || name.isEmpty()) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Missing UID name");
    }
    switch (type) {
      case METRIC:
        return metrics.getIdAsync(name);
      case TAGK:
        return tag_names.getIdAsync(name);
      case TAGV:
        return tag_values.getIdAsync(name);
      default:
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unrecognized UID type");
    }
  }

  /**
   * Verifies that the data and UID tables exist in HBase and optionally the