Method timeFromQualifier

src/meta/Annotation.java:638–648

Returns a timestamp after parsing an annotation qualifier. @param qualifier The full qualifier (including prefix) on either 3 or 5 bytes @param base_time The base time from the row in seconds @return A timestamp in milliseconds @since 2.1

(final byte[] qualifier, 
      final long base_time)

   * @since 2.1
   */
  private static long timeFromQualifier(final byte[] qualifier, 
      final long base_time) {
    final long offset;
    if (qualifier.length == 3) {
      offset = Bytes.getUnsignedShort(qualifier, 1);
      return (base_time + offset) * 1000;
    } else {
      offset = Bytes.getUnsignedInt(qualifier, 1);
      return (base_time * 1000) + offset;
    }
  }
  
  /**
   * Calculates the row key based on the TSUID and the start time. If the TSUID