HBASE-23705 Add CellComparator to HFileContext (#1062)

Codecs don't have access to what CellComparator to use.  Backfill.

M hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/CellComparator.java
 Adds a new compareRows with default implementation that takes a ByteBuffer.
 Needed by the index in a block encoder implementation.

M hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/CellComparatorImpl.java
 Adds implementation for meta of new compareRows method. Adds utility
 method for figuring comparator based off tablename.

M hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/AbstractDataBlockEncoder.java
M hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/BufferedDataBlockEncoder.java
M hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/RowIndexCodecV1.java
M hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/RowIndexSeekerV1.java
 Comparator is in context. Remove redundant handling.

M hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/DataBlockEncoder.java
 Comparator is in context. Remove redundant handling. Clean javadoc.

M hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/HFileBlockDecodingContext.java
 Clean javadoc.

M hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/RowIndexEncoderV1.java
 Cache context so can use it to get comparator to use later.

M hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileContext.java
 Cache cellcomparator to use. Javdoc on diff between HFileContext and
 HFileInfo.
M hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileContextBuilder.java
 Add CellComparator

M hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/HFileOutputFormat2.java
M hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFile.java
M hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileReaderImpl.java
M hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileWriterImpl.java
M hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/StoreFileWriter.java
 Remove comparator caching. Get from context instead.

M hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/FixedFileTrailer.java
 Skip a reflection if we can.

M hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileInfo.java
 Javadoc. Removed unused filed.

Signed-off-by: Anoop Sam John <anoopsamjohn@apacher.org>
Signed-off-by: Ramkrishna <ramkrishna.s.vasudevan@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jan Hentschel <janh@apache.org>
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/CellComparator.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/CellComparator.java
index 83a868d..474f772 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/CellComparator.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/CellComparator.java
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase;
 
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.Comparator;
-
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.ByteBufferUtils;
 import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceStability;
 
@@ -31,11 +32,12 @@
 public interface CellComparator extends Comparator<Cell> {
   /**
    * A comparator for ordering cells in user-space tables. Useful when writing cells in sorted
-   * order as necessary for bulk import (i.e. via MapReduce)
+   * order as necessary for bulk import (i.e. via MapReduce).
    * <p>
    * CAUTION: This comparator may provide inaccurate ordering for cells from system tables,
    * and should not be relied upon in that case.
    */
+  // For internal use, see CellComparatorImpl utility methods.
   static CellComparator getInstance() {
     return CellComparatorImpl.COMPARATOR;
   }
@@ -81,6 +83,24 @@
   int compareRows(Cell cell, byte[] bytes, int offset, int length);
 
   /**
+   * @param row ByteBuffer that wraps a row; will read from current position and will reading all
+   *            remaining; will not disturb the ByteBuffer internal state.
+   * @return greater than 0 if leftCell is bigger, less than 0 if rightCell is bigger, 0 if both
+   *         cells are equal
+   */
+  default int compareRows(ByteBuffer row, Cell cell) {
+    if (cell instanceof ByteBufferExtendedCell) {
+      return ByteBufferUtils.compareTo(row, row.position(), row.remaining(),
+        ((ByteBufferExtendedCell) cell).getRowByteBuffer(),
+        ((ByteBufferExtendedCell) cell).getRowPosition(),
+        cell.getRowLength());
+    }
+    return ByteBufferUtils.compareTo(row, row.position(), row.remaining(),
+      cell.getRowArray(), cell.getRowOffset(),
+      cell.getRowLength());
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Lexographically compares the two cells excluding the row part. It compares family, qualifier,
    * timestamp and the type
    * @param leftCell the left hand side cell
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/CellComparatorImpl.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/CellComparatorImpl.java
index c647318..e6c8e3d 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/CellComparatorImpl.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/CellComparatorImpl.java
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase;
 
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.Comparator;
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValue.Type;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.ByteBufferUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceStability;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
 import org.apache.hbase.thirdparty.com.google.common.primitives.Longs;
 
 /**
@@ -378,6 +377,26 @@
     }
 
     @Override
+    public int compareRows(ByteBuffer row, Cell cell) {
+      byte [] array;
+      int offset;
+      int len = row.remaining();
+      if (row.hasArray()) {
+        array = row.array();
+        offset = row.position() + row.arrayOffset();
+      } else {
+        // We copy the row array if offheap just so we can do a compare. We do this elsewhere too
+        // in BBUtils when Cell is backed by an offheap ByteBuffer. Needs fixing so no copy. TODO.
+        array = new byte[len];
+        offset = 0;
+        ByteBufferUtils.copyFromBufferToArray(array, row, row.position(),
+          0, len);
+      }
+      // Reverse result since we swap the order of the params we pass below.
+      return -compareRows(cell, array, offset, len);
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public Comparator getSimpleComparator() {
       return this;
     }
@@ -387,4 +406,24 @@
   public Comparator getSimpleComparator() {
     return new BBKVComparator(this);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Utility method that makes a guess at comparator to use based off passed tableName.
+   * Use in extreme when no comparator specified.
+   * @return CellComparator to use going off the {@code tableName} passed.
+   */
+  public static CellComparator getCellComparator(TableName tableName) {
+    return getCellComparator(tableName.toBytes());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Utility method that makes a guess at comparator to use based off passed tableName.
+   * Use in extreme when no comparator specified.
+   * @return CellComparator to use going off the {@code tableName} passed.
+   */
+  public static CellComparator getCellComparator(byte [] tableName) {
+    // FYI, TableName.toBytes does not create an array; just returns existing array pointer.
+    return Bytes.equals(tableName, TableName.META_TABLE_NAME.toBytes())?
+      CellComparatorImpl.META_COMPARATOR: CellComparatorImpl.COMPARATOR;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/TableName.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/TableName.java
index 51c8757..f096ef9 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/TableName.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/TableName.java
@@ -292,6 +292,9 @@
     return qualifierAsString;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @return A pointer to TableName as String bytes.
+   */
   public byte[] toBytes() {
     return name;
   }
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/AbstractDataBlockEncoder.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/AbstractDataBlockEncoder.java
index ab95717..e96b800 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/AbstractDataBlockEncoder.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/AbstractDataBlockEncoder.java
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ByteBufferKeyOnlyKeyValue;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Cell;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValue;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.BlockType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.HFileContext;
@@ -59,14 +57,13 @@
     }
   }
 
-  protected abstract static class AbstractEncodedSeeker implements
-      EncodedSeeker {
+  /**
+   * Decorates EncodedSeeker with a {@link HFileBlockDecodingContext}
+   */
+  protected abstract static class AbstractEncodedSeeker implements EncodedSeeker {
     protected HFileBlockDecodingContext decodingCtx;
-    protected final CellComparator comparator;
 
-    public AbstractEncodedSeeker(CellComparator comparator,
-        HFileBlockDecodingContext decodingCtx) {
-      this.comparator = comparator;
+    public AbstractEncodedSeeker(HFileBlockDecodingContext decodingCtx) {
       this.decodingCtx = decodingCtx;
     }
 
@@ -77,7 +74,5 @@
     protected boolean includesTags() {
       return this.decodingCtx.getHFileContext().isIncludesTags();
     }
-
   }
-
 }
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/BufferedDataBlockEncoder.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/BufferedDataBlockEncoder.java
index bb22ad8..755647d 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/BufferedDataBlockEncoder.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/BufferedDataBlockEncoder.java
@@ -732,9 +732,8 @@
     protected final ObjectIntPair<ByteBuffer> tmpPair = new ObjectIntPair<>();
     protected STATE current, previous;
 
-    public BufferedEncodedSeeker(CellComparator comparator,
-        HFileBlockDecodingContext decodingCtx) {
-      super(comparator, decodingCtx);
+    public BufferedEncodedSeeker(HFileBlockDecodingContext decodingCtx) {
+      super(decodingCtx);
       if (decodingCtx.getHFileContext().isCompressTags()) {
         try {
           tagCompressionContext = new TagCompressionContext(LRUDictionary.class, Byte.MAX_VALUE);
@@ -1008,11 +1007,7 @@
   }
 
   /**
-   * @param cell
-   * @param out
-   * @param encodingCtx
    * @return unencoded size added
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   protected final int afterEncodingKeyValue(Cell cell, DataOutputStream out,
       HFileBlockDefaultEncodingContext encodingCtx) throws IOException {
@@ -1102,7 +1097,7 @@
   public void startBlockEncoding(HFileBlockEncodingContext blkEncodingCtx, DataOutputStream out)
       throws IOException {
     if (blkEncodingCtx.getClass() != HFileBlockDefaultEncodingContext.class) {
-      throw new IOException (this.getClass().getName() + " only accepts "
+      throw new IOException(this.getClass().getName() + " only accepts "
           + HFileBlockDefaultEncodingContext.class.getName() + " as the " +
           "encoding context.");
     }
@@ -1154,8 +1149,8 @@
         .getEncodingState();
     // Write the unencodedDataSizeWritten (with header size)
     Bytes.putInt(uncompressedBytesWithHeader,
-      HConstants.HFILEBLOCK_HEADER_SIZE + DataBlockEncoding.ID_SIZE, state.unencodedDataSizeWritten
-        );
+      HConstants.HFILEBLOCK_HEADER_SIZE + DataBlockEncoding.ID_SIZE,
+      state.unencodedDataSizeWritten);
     postEncoding(encodingCtx);
   }
 
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/CopyKeyDataBlockEncoder.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/CopyKeyDataBlockEncoder.java
index d7ab009..02bb843 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/CopyKeyDataBlockEncoder.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/CopyKeyDataBlockEncoder.java
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@
 import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Cell;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.nio.ByteBuff;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.ByteBufferUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
@@ -48,7 +46,8 @@
           + "encoding context.");
     }
 
-    HFileBlockDefaultEncodingContext encodingCtx = (HFileBlockDefaultEncodingContext) blkEncodingCtx;
+    HFileBlockDefaultEncodingContext encodingCtx =
+      (HFileBlockDefaultEncodingContext) blkEncodingCtx;
     encodingCtx.prepareEncoding(out);
 
     NoneEncoder encoder = new NoneEncoder(out, encodingCtx);
@@ -81,9 +80,8 @@
   }
 
   @Override
-  public EncodedSeeker createSeeker(CellComparator comparator,
-      final HFileBlockDecodingContext decodingCtx) {
-    return new BufferedEncodedSeeker<SeekerState>(comparator, decodingCtx) {
+  public EncodedSeeker createSeeker(final HFileBlockDecodingContext decodingCtx) {
+    return new BufferedEncodedSeeker<SeekerState>(decodingCtx) {
       @Override
       protected void decodeNext() {
         current.keyLength = currentBuffer.getInt();
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/DataBlockEncoder.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/DataBlockEncoder.java
index e6f339d..d3c41fb 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/DataBlockEncoder.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/DataBlockEncoder.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Cell;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.HFileContext;
@@ -45,20 +44,13 @@
    * Starts encoding for a block of KeyValues. Call
    * {@link #endBlockEncoding(HFileBlockEncodingContext, DataOutputStream, byte[])} to finish
    * encoding of a block.
-   * @param encodingCtx
-   * @param out
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   void startBlockEncoding(HFileBlockEncodingContext encodingCtx, DataOutputStream out)
       throws IOException;
 
   /**
    * Encodes a KeyValue.
-   * @param cell
-   * @param encodingCtx
-   * @param out
    * @return unencoded kv size written
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   int encode(Cell cell, HFileBlockEncodingContext encodingCtx, DataOutputStream out)
       throws IOException;
@@ -66,10 +58,6 @@
   /**
    * Ends encoding for a block of KeyValues. Gives a chance for the encoder to do the finishing
    * stuff for the encoded block. It must be called at the end of block encoding.
-   * @param encodingCtx
-   * @param out
-   * @param uncompressedBytesWithHeader
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   void endBlockEncoding(HFileBlockEncodingContext encodingCtx, DataOutputStream out,
       byte[] uncompressedBytesWithHeader) throws IOException;
@@ -77,7 +65,6 @@
   /**
    * Decode.
    * @param source Compressed stream of KeyValues.
-   * @param decodingCtx
    * @return Uncompressed block of KeyValues.
    * @throws IOException If there is an error in source.
    */
@@ -96,11 +83,9 @@
 
   /**
    * Create a HFileBlock seeker which find KeyValues within a block.
-   * @param comparator what kind of comparison should be used
-   * @param decodingCtx
    * @return A newly created seeker.
    */
-  EncodedSeeker createSeeker(CellComparator comparator, HFileBlockDecodingContext decodingCtx);
+  EncodedSeeker createSeeker(HFileBlockDecodingContext decodingCtx);
 
   /**
    * Creates a encoder specific encoding context
@@ -188,8 +173,6 @@
 
     /**
      * Compare the given key against the current key
-     * @param comparator
-     * @param key
      * @return -1 is the passed key is smaller than the current key, 0 if equal and 1 if greater
      */
     public int compareKey(CellComparator comparator, Cell key);
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/DiffKeyDeltaEncoder.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/DiffKeyDeltaEncoder.java
index ab93d19..afb3e6d 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/DiffKeyDeltaEncoder.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/DiffKeyDeltaEncoder.java
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@
 import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Cell;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValue;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValueUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.PrivateCellUtil;
@@ -382,9 +380,8 @@
   }
 
   @Override
-  public EncodedSeeker createSeeker(CellComparator comparator,
-      HFileBlockDecodingContext decodingCtx) {
-    return new BufferedEncodedSeeker<DiffSeekerState>(comparator, decodingCtx) {
+  public EncodedSeeker createSeeker(HFileBlockDecodingContext decodingCtx) {
+    return new BufferedEncodedSeeker<DiffSeekerState>(decodingCtx) {
       private byte[] familyNameWithSize;
       private static final int TIMESTAMP_WITH_TYPE_LENGTH =
           Bytes.SIZEOF_LONG + Bytes.SIZEOF_BYTE;
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/FastDiffDeltaEncoder.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/FastDiffDeltaEncoder.java
index aa9a436..a5774e5 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/FastDiffDeltaEncoder.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/FastDiffDeltaEncoder.java
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@
 import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Cell;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValue;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValueUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.PrivateCellUtil;
@@ -397,9 +395,8 @@
   }
 
   @Override
-  public EncodedSeeker createSeeker(CellComparator comparator,
-      final HFileBlockDecodingContext decodingCtx) {
-    return new BufferedEncodedSeeker<FastDiffSeekerState>(comparator, decodingCtx) {
+  public EncodedSeeker createSeeker(final HFileBlockDecodingContext decodingCtx) {
+    return new BufferedEncodedSeeker<FastDiffSeekerState>(decodingCtx) {
       private void decode(boolean isFirst) {
         byte flag = currentBuffer.get();
         if ((flag & FLAG_SAME_KEY_LENGTH) == 0) {
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/HFileBlockDecodingContext.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/HFileBlockDecodingContext.java
index 7f29302..2cbffa9 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/HFileBlockDecodingContext.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/HFileBlockDecodingContext.java
@@ -17,20 +17,18 @@
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.encoding;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.HFileContext;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.nio.ByteBuff;
 import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
 
 /**
  * A decoding context that is created by a reader's encoder, and is shared
- * across the reader's all read operations.
+ * across all of the reader's read operations.
  *
  * @see HFileBlockEncodingContext for encoding
  */
 @InterfaceAudience.Private
 public interface HFileBlockDecodingContext {
-
   /**
    * Perform all actions that need to be done before the encoder's real decoding
    * process. Decompression needs to be done if
@@ -46,7 +44,6 @@
    *          ByteBuffer pointed after the header but before the data
    * @param onDiskBlock
    *          on disk data to be decoded
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   void prepareDecoding(
     int onDiskSizeWithoutHeader,
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/HFileBlockDefaultDecodingContext.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/HFileBlockDefaultDecodingContext.java
index 97d0e6b..e321a25 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/HFileBlockDefaultDecodingContext.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/HFileBlockDefaultDecodingContext.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 import java.io.DataInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.ByteBuffInputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.TagCompressionContext;
@@ -41,11 +40,10 @@
  *
  */
 @InterfaceAudience.Private
-public class HFileBlockDefaultDecodingContext implements
-    HFileBlockDecodingContext {
+public class HFileBlockDefaultDecodingContext implements HFileBlockDecodingContext {
   private final HFileContext fileContext;
   private TagCompressionContext tagCompressionContext;
-  
+
   public HFileBlockDefaultDecodingContext(HFileContext fileContext) {
     this.fileContext = fileContext;
   }
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/HFileBlockDefaultEncodingContext.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/HFileBlockDefaultEncodingContext.java
index d029e1c..169f979 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/HFileBlockDefaultEncodingContext.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/HFileBlockDefaultEncodingContext.java
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.encoding;
 
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.compress.Compression.Algorithm.NONE;
-
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.security.SecureRandom;
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.TagCompressionContext;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.compress.Compression;
@@ -36,7 +34,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.CompressionOutputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.Compressor;
 import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
-
 import org.apache.hbase.thirdparty.com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 
 /**
@@ -47,8 +44,7 @@
  *
  */
 @InterfaceAudience.Private
-public class HFileBlockDefaultEncodingContext implements
-    HFileBlockEncodingContext {
+public class HFileBlockDefaultEncodingContext implements HFileBlockEncodingContext {
   private BlockType blockType;
   private final DataBlockEncoding encodingAlgo;
 
@@ -113,7 +109,6 @@
 
   /**
    * prepare to start a new encoding.
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   public void prepareEncoding(DataOutputStream out) throws IOException {
     if (encodingAlgo != null && encodingAlgo != DataBlockEncoding.NONE) {
@@ -133,7 +128,8 @@
   }
 
   private Bytes compressAfterEncoding(byte[] uncompressedBytesWithHeaderBuffer,
-        int uncompressedBytesWithHeaderOffset, int uncompressedBytesWithHeaderLength, byte[] headerBytes)
+        int uncompressedBytesWithHeaderOffset, int uncompressedBytesWithHeaderLength,
+        byte[] headerBytes)
       throws IOException {
     Encryption.Context cryptoContext = fileContext.getEncryptionContext();
     if (cryptoContext != Encryption.Context.NONE) {
@@ -158,7 +154,8 @@
         compressedByteStream.reset();
         compressionStream.resetState();
         compressionStream.write(uncompressedBytesWithHeaderBuffer,
-            headerBytes.length + uncompressedBytesWithHeaderOffset, uncompressedBytesWithHeaderLength - headerBytes.length);
+          headerBytes.length + uncompressedBytesWithHeaderOffset,
+          uncompressedBytesWithHeaderLength - headerBytes.length);
         compressionStream.flush();
         compressionStream.finish();
         byte[] plaintext = compressedByteStream.toByteArray();
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/HFileBlockEncodingContext.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/HFileBlockEncodingContext.java
index 9602229..487dd45 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/HFileBlockEncodingContext.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/HFileBlockEncodingContext.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.encoding;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.BlockType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.HFileContext;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
@@ -46,9 +45,6 @@
   /**
    * Do any action that needs to be performed after the encoding.
    * Compression is also included if a non-null compression algorithm is used
-   *
-   * @param blockType
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   void postEncoding(BlockType blockType) throws IOException;
 
@@ -64,7 +60,6 @@
 
   /**
    * Sets the encoding state.
-   * @param state
    */
   void setEncodingState(EncodingState state);
 
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/PrefixKeyDeltaEncoder.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/PrefixKeyDeltaEncoder.java
index 176bea3..7af0c8c 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/PrefixKeyDeltaEncoder.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/PrefixKeyDeltaEncoder.java
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@
 import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Cell;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValue;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValueUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.PrivateCellUtil;
@@ -195,9 +193,8 @@
   }
 
   @Override
-  public EncodedSeeker createSeeker(CellComparator comparator,
-      final HFileBlockDecodingContext decodingCtx) {
-    return new BufferedEncodedSeeker<SeekerState>(comparator, decodingCtx) {
+  public EncodedSeeker createSeeker(final HFileBlockDecodingContext decodingCtx) {
+    return new BufferedEncodedSeeker<SeekerState>(decodingCtx) {
       @Override
       protected void decodeNext() {
         current.keyLength = ByteBuff.readCompressedInt(currentBuffer);
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/RowIndexCodecV1.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/RowIndexCodecV1.java
index 12cd1ea..5de20dd 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/RowIndexCodecV1.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/RowIndexCodecV1.java
@@ -22,10 +22,7 @@
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Cell;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparator;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparatorImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValue;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValueUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
@@ -71,7 +68,8 @@
           + "encoding context.");
     }
 
-    HFileBlockDefaultEncodingContext encodingCtx = (HFileBlockDefaultEncodingContext) blkEncodingCtx;
+    HFileBlockDefaultEncodingContext encodingCtx =
+      (HFileBlockDefaultEncodingContext) blkEncodingCtx;
     encodingCtx.prepareEncoding(out);
 
     RowIndexEncoderV1 encoder = new RowIndexEncoderV1(out, encodingCtx);
@@ -115,8 +113,7 @@
       dup.limit(sourceAsBuffer.position() + onDiskSize);
       return dup.slice();
     } else {
-      RowIndexSeekerV1 seeker = new RowIndexSeekerV1(CellComparatorImpl.COMPARATOR,
-          decodingCtx);
+      RowIndexSeekerV1 seeker = new RowIndexSeekerV1(decodingCtx);
       seeker.setCurrentBuffer(new SingleByteBuff(sourceAsBuffer));
       List<Cell> kvs = new ArrayList<>();
       kvs.add(seeker.getCell());
@@ -151,9 +148,7 @@
   }
 
   @Override
-  public EncodedSeeker createSeeker(CellComparator comparator,
-      HFileBlockDecodingContext decodingCtx) {
-    return new RowIndexSeekerV1(comparator, decodingCtx);
+  public EncodedSeeker createSeeker(HFileBlockDecodingContext decodingCtx) {
+    return new RowIndexSeekerV1(decodingCtx);
   }
-
 }
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/RowIndexEncoderV1.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/RowIndexEncoderV1.java
index 2388714..711b9db 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/RowIndexEncoderV1.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/RowIndexEncoderV1.java
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@
 
 import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Cell;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparatorImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValueUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
@@ -32,10 +30,12 @@
   private NoneEncoder encoder;
   private int startOffset = -1;
   private ByteArrayOutputStream rowsOffsetBAOS = new ByteArrayOutputStream(64 * 4);
+  private final HFileBlockEncodingContext context;
 
   public RowIndexEncoderV1(DataOutputStream out, HFileBlockDefaultEncodingContext encodingCtx) {
     this.out = out;
     this.encoder = new NoneEncoder(out, encodingCtx);
+    this.context = encodingCtx;
   }
 
   public int write(Cell cell) throws IOException {
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
       throw new IOException("Key cannot be null or empty");
     }
     if (lastCell != null) {
-      int keyComp = CellComparatorImpl.COMPARATOR.compareRows(lastCell, cell);
+      int keyComp = this.context.getHFileContext().getCellComparator().compareRows(lastCell, cell);
       if (keyComp > 0) {
         throw new IOException("Added a key not lexically larger than"
             + " previous. Current cell = " + cell + ", lastCell = " + lastCell);
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/RowIndexSeekerV1.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/RowIndexSeekerV1.java
index 9c0532e..7ff7555 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/RowIndexSeekerV1.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/RowIndexSeekerV1.java
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.encoding;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ByteBufferExtendedCell;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ByteBufferKeyOnlyKeyValue;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ByteBufferKeyValue;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Cell;
@@ -50,10 +48,11 @@
 
   private int rowNumber;
   private ByteBuff rowOffsets = null;
+  private final CellComparator cellComparator;
 
-  public RowIndexSeekerV1(CellComparator comparator,
-      HFileBlockDecodingContext decodingCtx) {
-    super(comparator, decodingCtx);
+  public RowIndexSeekerV1(HFileBlockDecodingContext decodingCtx) {
+    super(decodingCtx);
+    this.cellComparator = decodingCtx.getHFileContext().getCellComparator();
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -131,8 +130,7 @@
     int comp = 0;
     while (low <= high) {
       mid = low + ((high - low) >> 1);
-      ByteBuffer row = getRow(mid);
-      comp = compareRows(row, seekCell);
+      comp = this.cellComparator.compareRows(getRow(mid), seekCell);
       if (comp < 0) {
         low = mid + 1;
       } else if (comp > 0) {
@@ -154,19 +152,6 @@
     }
   }
 
-  private int compareRows(ByteBuffer row, Cell seekCell) {
-    if (seekCell instanceof ByteBufferExtendedCell) {
-      return ByteBufferUtils.compareTo(row, row.position(), row.remaining(),
-          ((ByteBufferExtendedCell) seekCell).getRowByteBuffer(),
-          ((ByteBufferExtendedCell) seekCell).getRowPosition(),
-          seekCell.getRowLength());
-    } else {
-      return ByteBufferUtils.compareTo(row, row.position(), row.remaining(),
-          seekCell.getRowArray(), seekCell.getRowOffset(),
-          seekCell.getRowLength());
-    }
-  }
-
   private ByteBuffer getRow(int index) {
     int offset = rowOffsets.getIntAfterPosition(index * Bytes.SIZEOF_INT);
     ByteBuff block = currentBuffer.duplicate();
@@ -191,8 +176,8 @@
       }
     }
     do {
-      int comp;
-      comp = PrivateCellUtil.compareKeyIgnoresMvcc(comparator, seekCell, current.currentKey);
+      int comp =
+        PrivateCellUtil.compareKeyIgnoresMvcc(this.cellComparator, seekCell, current.currentKey);
       if (comp == 0) { // exact match
         if (seekBefore) {
           if (!previous.isValid()) {
@@ -400,5 +385,4 @@
       return ret;
     }
   }
-
 }
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileContext.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileContext.java
index d606497..ea4782d 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileContext.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileContext.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile;
 
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparator;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparatorImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.HeapSize;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.compress.Compression;
@@ -28,9 +30,10 @@
 import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
 
 /**
- * This carries the information on some of the meta data about the HFile. This
- * meta data is used across the HFileWriter/Readers and the HFileBlocks.
- * This helps to add new information to the HFile.
+ * Read-only HFile Context Information. Meta data that is used by HFileWriter/Readers and by
+ * HFileBlocks. Create one using the {@link HFileContextBuilder} (See HFileInfo and the HFile
+ * Trailer class).
+ * @see HFileContextBuilder
  */
 @InterfaceAudience.Private
 public class HFileContext implements HeapSize, Cloneable {
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@
       //byte[] headers for column family and table name
       2 * ClassSize.ARRAY + 2 * ClassSize.REFERENCE);
 
-  public static final int DEFAULT_BYTES_PER_CHECKSUM = 16 * 1024;
+  private static final int DEFAULT_BYTES_PER_CHECKSUM = 16 * 1024;
 
   /** Whether checksum is enabled or not**/
   private boolean usesHBaseChecksum = true;
@@ -67,6 +70,7 @@
   private String hfileName;
   private byte[] columnFamily;
   private byte[] tableName;
+  private CellComparator cellComparator;
 
   //Empty constructor.  Go with setters
   public HFileContext() {
@@ -74,7 +78,6 @@
 
   /**
    * Copy constructor
-   * @param context
    */
   public HFileContext(HFileContext context) {
     this.usesHBaseChecksum = context.usesHBaseChecksum;
@@ -91,13 +94,14 @@
     this.hfileName = context.hfileName;
     this.columnFamily = context.columnFamily;
     this.tableName = context.tableName;
+    this.cellComparator = context.cellComparator;
   }
 
   HFileContext(boolean useHBaseChecksum, boolean includesMvcc, boolean includesTags,
                Compression.Algorithm compressAlgo, boolean compressTags, ChecksumType checksumType,
                int bytesPerChecksum, int blockSize, DataBlockEncoding encoding,
                Encryption.Context cryptoContext, long fileCreateTime, String hfileName,
-               byte[] columnFamily, byte[] tableName) {
+               byte[] columnFamily, byte[] tableName, CellComparator cellComparator) {
     this.usesHBaseChecksum = useHBaseChecksum;
     this.includesMvcc =  includesMvcc;
     this.includesTags = includesTags;
@@ -114,11 +118,14 @@
     this.hfileName = hfileName;
     this.columnFamily = columnFamily;
     this.tableName = tableName;
+    // If no cellComparator specified, make a guess based off tablename. If hbase:meta, then should
+    // be the meta table comparator. Comparators are per table.
+    this.cellComparator = cellComparator != null ? cellComparator : this.tableName != null ?
+      CellComparatorImpl.getCellComparator(this.tableName) : CellComparator.getInstance();
   }
 
   /**
-   * @return true when on-disk blocks from this file are compressed, and/or encrypted;
-   * false otherwise.
+   * @return true when on-disk blocks are compressed, and/or encrypted; false otherwise.
    */
   public boolean isCompressedOrEncrypted() {
     Compression.Algorithm compressAlgo = getCompression();
@@ -208,6 +215,11 @@
   public byte[] getTableName() {
     return this.tableName;
   }
+
+  public CellComparator getCellComparator() {
+    return this.cellComparator;
+  }
+
   /**
    * HeapSize implementation. NOTE : The heap size should be altered when new state variable are
    * added.
@@ -263,8 +275,9 @@
       sb.append(", columnFamily=");
       sb.append(Bytes.toStringBinary(columnFamily));
     }
+    sb.append(", cellComparator=");
+    sb.append(this.cellComparator);
     sb.append("]");
     return sb.toString();
   }
-
 }
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileContextBuilder.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileContextBuilder.java
index 5fa5626..a44f273 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileContextBuilder.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileContextBuilder.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile;
 
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.compress.Compression.Algorithm;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.crypto.Encryption;
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@
   private String hfileName = null;
   private byte[] columnFamily = null;
   private byte[] tableName = null;
+  private CellComparator cellComparator;
 
   public HFileContextBuilder() {}
 
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@
     this.hfileName = hfc.getHFileName();
     this.columnFamily = hfc.getColumnFamily();
     this.tableName = hfc.getTableName();
+    this.cellComparator = hfc.getCellComparator();
   }
 
   public HFileContextBuilder withHBaseCheckSum(boolean useHBaseCheckSum) {
@@ -149,9 +152,14 @@
     return this;
   }
 
+  public HFileContextBuilder withCellComparator(CellComparator cellComparator) {
+    this.cellComparator = cellComparator;
+    return this;
+  }
+
   public HFileContext build() {
     return new HFileContext(usesHBaseChecksum, includesMvcc, includesTags, compression,
         compressTags, checksumType, bytesPerChecksum, blocksize, encoding, cryptoContext,
-        fileCreateTime, hfileName, columnFamily, tableName);
+        fileCreateTime, hfileName, columnFamily, tableName, cellComparator);
   }
 }
diff --git a/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/HFileOutputFormat2.java b/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/HFileOutputFormat2.java
index 35a9052..ab1ede6 100644
--- a/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/HFileOutputFormat2.java
+++ b/hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/HFileOutputFormat2.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/**
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HStoreFile.BULKLOAD_TIME_KEY;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HStoreFile.EXCLUDE_FROM_MINOR_COMPACTION_KEY;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HStoreFile.MAJOR_COMPACTION_KEY;
-
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
@@ -38,13 +37,11 @@
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Cell;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegionLocation;
@@ -91,7 +88,6 @@
 import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
 import org.apache.hbase.thirdparty.com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 
 /**
@@ -179,18 +175,17 @@
     return combineTableNameSuffix(tableName, family);
   }
 
-  static <V extends Cell> RecordWriter<ImmutableBytesWritable, V>
-      createRecordWriter(final TaskAttemptContext context, final OutputCommitter committer)
-          throws IOException {
+  static <V extends Cell> RecordWriter<ImmutableBytesWritable, V> createRecordWriter(
+    final TaskAttemptContext context, final OutputCommitter committer) throws IOException {
 
     // Get the path of the temporary output file
     final Path outputDir = ((FileOutputCommitter)committer).getWorkPath();
     final Configuration conf = context.getConfiguration();
-    final boolean writeMultipleTables = conf.getBoolean(MULTI_TABLE_HFILEOUTPUTFORMAT_CONF_KEY, false) ;
+    final boolean writeMultipleTables =
+      conf.getBoolean(MULTI_TABLE_HFILEOUTPUTFORMAT_CONF_KEY, false);
     final String writeTableNames = conf.get(OUTPUT_TABLE_NAME_CONF_KEY);
-    if (writeTableNames==null || writeTableNames.isEmpty()) {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Configuration parameter " + OUTPUT_TABLE_NAME_CONF_KEY
-              + " cannot be empty");
+    if (writeTableNames == null || writeTableNames.isEmpty()) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("" + OUTPUT_TABLE_NAME_CONF_KEY + " cannot be empty");
     }
     final FileSystem fs = outputDir.getFileSystem(conf);
     // These configs. are from hbase-*.xml
@@ -199,19 +194,12 @@
     // Invented config.  Add to hbase-*.xml if other than default compression.
     final String defaultCompressionStr = conf.get("hfile.compression",
         Compression.Algorithm.NONE.getName());
-    final Algorithm defaultCompression = HFileWriterImpl
-        .compressionByName(defaultCompressionStr);
+    final Algorithm defaultCompression = HFileWriterImpl.compressionByName(defaultCompressionStr);
     String compressionStr = conf.get(COMPRESSION_OVERRIDE_CONF_KEY);
-    final Algorithm overriddenCompression;
-    if (compressionStr != null) {
-      overriddenCompression = Compression.getCompressionAlgorithmByName(compressionStr);
-    } else {
-      overriddenCompression = null;
-    }
-
+    final Algorithm overriddenCompression = compressionStr != null ?
+      Compression.getCompressionAlgorithmByName(compressionStr): null;
     final boolean compactionExclude = conf.getBoolean(
         "hbase.mapreduce.hfileoutputformat.compaction.exclude", false);
-
     final Set<String> allTableNames = Arrays.stream(writeTableNames.split(
             Bytes.toString(tableSeparator))).collect(Collectors.toSet());
 
@@ -224,24 +212,17 @@
     String dataBlockEncodingStr = conf.get(DATABLOCK_ENCODING_OVERRIDE_CONF_KEY);
     final Map<byte[], DataBlockEncoding> datablockEncodingMap
         = createFamilyDataBlockEncodingMap(conf);
-    final DataBlockEncoding overriddenEncoding;
-    if (dataBlockEncodingStr != null) {
-      overriddenEncoding = DataBlockEncoding.valueOf(dataBlockEncodingStr);
-    } else {
-      overriddenEncoding = null;
-    }
+    final DataBlockEncoding overriddenEncoding = dataBlockEncodingStr != null ?
+      DataBlockEncoding.valueOf(dataBlockEncodingStr) : null;
 
     return new RecordWriter<ImmutableBytesWritable, V>() {
       // Map of families to writers and how much has been output on the writer.
-      private final Map<byte[], WriterLength> writers =
-              new TreeMap<>(Bytes.BYTES_COMPARATOR);
-      private final Map<byte[], byte[]> previousRows =
-              new TreeMap<>(Bytes.BYTES_COMPARATOR);
+      private final Map<byte[], WriterLength> writers = new TreeMap<>(Bytes.BYTES_COMPARATOR);
+      private final Map<byte[], byte[]> previousRows = new TreeMap<>(Bytes.BYTES_COMPARATOR);
       private final long now = EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTime();
 
       @Override
-      public void write(ImmutableBytesWritable row, V cell)
-          throws IOException {
+      public void write(ImmutableBytesWritable row, V cell) throws IOException {
         Cell kv = cell;
         // null input == user explicitly wants to flush
         if (row == null && kv == null) {
@@ -255,12 +236,11 @@
         byte[] tableNameBytes = null;
         if (writeMultipleTables) {
           tableNameBytes = MultiTableHFileOutputFormat.getTableName(row.get());
-          tableNameBytes =
-              TableName.valueOf(tableNameBytes).getNameWithNamespaceInclAsString()
+          tableNameBytes = TableName.valueOf(tableNameBytes).getNameWithNamespaceInclAsString()
               .getBytes(Charset.defaultCharset());
           if (!allTableNames.contains(Bytes.toString(tableNameBytes))) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("TableName '" + Bytes.toString(tableNameBytes) +
-                    "' not" + " expected");
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("TableName " + Bytes.toString(tableNameBytes) +
+              " not expected");
           }
         } else {
           tableNameBytes = Bytes.toBytes(writeTableNames);
@@ -275,9 +255,7 @@
         if (wl == null) {
           Path writerPath = null;
           if (writeMultipleTables) {
-            writerPath = new Path(outputDir,new Path(tableRelPath, Bytes
-                    .toString(family)));
-
+            writerPath = new Path(outputDir,new Path(tableRelPath, Bytes.toString(family)));
           }
           else {
             writerPath = new Path(outputDir, Bytes.toString(family));
@@ -303,33 +281,23 @@
                        connection.getRegionLocator(TableName.valueOf(tableName))) {
                 loc = locator.getRegionLocation(rowKey);
               } catch (Throwable e) {
-                LOG.warn("There's something wrong when locating rowkey: " +
-                  Bytes.toString(rowKey) + " for tablename: " + tableName, e);
+                LOG.warn("Something wrong locating rowkey {} in {}",
+                  Bytes.toString(rowKey), tableName, e);
                 loc = null;
               } }
 
             if (null == loc) {
-              if (LOG.isTraceEnabled()) {
-                LOG.trace("failed to get region location, so use default writer for rowkey: " +
-                  Bytes.toString(rowKey));
-              }
+              LOG.trace("Failed get of location, use default writer {}", Bytes.toString(rowKey));
               wl = getNewWriter(tableNameBytes, family, conf, null);
             } else {
-              if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
-                LOG.debug("first rowkey: [" + Bytes.toString(rowKey) + "]");
-              }
+              LOG.debug("First rowkey: [{}]", Bytes.toString(rowKey));
               InetSocketAddress initialIsa =
                   new InetSocketAddress(loc.getHostname(), loc.getPort());
               if (initialIsa.isUnresolved()) {
-                if (LOG.isTraceEnabled()) {
-                  LOG.trace("failed to resolve bind address: " + loc.getHostname() + ":"
-                      + loc.getPort() + ", so use default writer");
-                }
+                LOG.trace("Failed resolve address {}, use default writer", loc.getHostnamePort());
                 wl = getNewWriter(tableNameBytes, family, conf, null);
               } else {
-                if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
-                  LOG.debug("use favored nodes writer: " + initialIsa.getHostString());
-                }
+                LOG.debug("Use favored nodes writer: {}", initialIsa.getHostString());
                 wl = getNewWriter(tableNameBytes, family, conf, new InetSocketAddress[] { initialIsa
                 });
               }
@@ -369,29 +337,27 @@
 
       private void closeWriter(WriterLength wl) throws IOException {
         if (wl.writer != null) {
-          LOG.info(
-              "Writer=" + wl.writer.getPath() + ((wl.written == 0)? "": ", wrote=" + wl.written));
+          LOG.info("Writer=" + wl.writer.getPath() +
+            ((wl.written == 0)? "": ", wrote=" + wl.written));
           close(wl.writer);
+          wl.writer = null;
         }
-        wl.writer = null;
         wl.written = 0;
       }
 
       /*
        * Create a new StoreFile.Writer.
-       * @param family
        * @return A WriterLength, containing a new StoreFile.Writer.
-       * @throws IOException
        */
       @edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressWarnings(value="BX_UNBOXING_IMMEDIATELY_REBOXED",
           justification="Not important")
-      private WriterLength getNewWriter(byte[] tableName, byte[] family, Configuration
-              conf, InetSocketAddress[] favoredNodes) throws IOException {
+      private WriterLength getNewWriter(byte[] tableName, byte[] family, Configuration conf,
+          InetSocketAddress[] favoredNodes) throws IOException {
         byte[] tableAndFamily = getTableNameSuffixedWithFamily(tableName, family);
         Path familydir = new Path(outputDir, Bytes.toString(family));
         if (writeMultipleTables) {
           familydir = new Path(outputDir,
-                  new Path(getTableRelativePath(tableName), Bytes.toString(family)));
+            new Path(getTableRelativePath(tableName), Bytes.toString(family)));
         }
         WriterLength wl = new WriterLength();
         Algorithm compression = overriddenCompression;
@@ -409,12 +375,9 @@
         encoding = encoding == null ? datablockEncodingMap.get(tableAndFamily) : encoding;
         encoding = encoding == null ? DataBlockEncoding.NONE : encoding;
         HFileContextBuilder contextBuilder = new HFileContextBuilder()
-                                    .withCompression(compression)
-                                    .withChecksumType(HStore.getChecksumType(conf))
-                                    .withBytesPerCheckSum(HStore.getBytesPerChecksum(conf))
-                                    .withBlockSize(blockSize)
-                                    .withColumnFamily(family)
-                                    .withTableName(tableName);
+          .withCompression(compression).withChecksumType(HStore.getChecksumType(conf))
+          .withBytesPerCheckSum(HStore.getBytesPerChecksum(conf)).withBlockSize(blockSize)
+          .withColumnFamily(family).withTableName(tableName);
 
         if (HFile.getFormatVersion(conf) >= HFile.MIN_FORMAT_VERSION_WITH_TAGS) {
           contextBuilder.withIncludesTags(true);
@@ -423,16 +386,13 @@
         contextBuilder.withDataBlockEncoding(encoding);
         HFileContext hFileContext = contextBuilder.build();
         if (null == favoredNodes) {
-          wl.writer =
-              new StoreFileWriter.Builder(conf, CacheConfig.DISABLED, fs)
-                  .withOutputDir(familydir).withBloomType(bloomType)
-                  .withComparator(CellComparator.getInstance()).withFileContext(hFileContext).build();
+          wl.writer = new StoreFileWriter.Builder(conf, CacheConfig.DISABLED, fs)
+            .withOutputDir(familydir).withBloomType(bloomType)
+            .withFileContext(hFileContext).build();
         } else {
-          wl.writer =
-              new StoreFileWriter.Builder(conf, CacheConfig.DISABLED, new HFileSystem(fs))
-                  .withOutputDir(familydir).withBloomType(bloomType)
-                  .withComparator(CellComparator.getInstance()).withFileContext(hFileContext)
-                  .withFavoredNodes(favoredNodes).build();
+          wl.writer = new StoreFileWriter.Builder(conf, CacheConfig.DISABLED, new HFileSystem(fs))
+            .withOutputDir(familydir).withBloomType(bloomType)
+            .withFileContext(hFileContext).withFavoredNodes(favoredNodes).build();
         }
 
         this.writers.put(tableAndFamily, wl);
@@ -441,22 +401,17 @@
 
       private void close(final StoreFileWriter w) throws IOException {
         if (w != null) {
-          w.appendFileInfo(BULKLOAD_TIME_KEY,
-              Bytes.toBytes(System.currentTimeMillis()));
-          w.appendFileInfo(BULKLOAD_TASK_KEY,
-              Bytes.toBytes(context.getTaskAttemptID().toString()));
-          w.appendFileInfo(MAJOR_COMPACTION_KEY,
-              Bytes.toBytes(true));
-          w.appendFileInfo(EXCLUDE_FROM_MINOR_COMPACTION_KEY,
-              Bytes.toBytes(compactionExclude));
+          w.appendFileInfo(BULKLOAD_TIME_KEY, Bytes.toBytes(System.currentTimeMillis()));
+          w.appendFileInfo(BULKLOAD_TASK_KEY, Bytes.toBytes(context.getTaskAttemptID().toString()));
+          w.appendFileInfo(MAJOR_COMPACTION_KEY, Bytes.toBytes(true));
+          w.appendFileInfo(EXCLUDE_FROM_MINOR_COMPACTION_KEY, Bytes.toBytes(compactionExclude));
           w.appendTrackedTimestampsToMetadata();
           w.close();
         }
       }
 
       @Override
-      public void close(TaskAttemptContext c)
-      throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+      public void close(TaskAttemptContext c) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
         for (WriterLength wl: this.writers.values()) {
           close(wl.writer);
         }
@@ -496,21 +451,18 @@
           throws IOException {
 
     ArrayList<ImmutableBytesWritable> ret = new ArrayList<>();
-    for(RegionLocator regionLocator : regionLocators)
-    {
+    for(RegionLocator regionLocator : regionLocators) {
       TableName tableName = regionLocator.getName();
       LOG.info("Looking up current regions for table " + tableName);
       byte[][] byteKeys = regionLocator.getStartKeys();
       for (byte[] byteKey : byteKeys) {
         byte[] fullKey = byteKey; //HFileOutputFormat2 use case
-        if (writeMultipleTables)
-        {
+        if (writeMultipleTables) {
           //MultiTableHFileOutputFormat use case
           fullKey = combineTableNameSuffix(tableName.getName(), byteKey);
         }
         if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
-          LOG.debug("SplitPoint startkey for table [" + tableName + "]: [" + Bytes.toStringBinary
-                  (fullKey) + "]");
+          LOG.debug("SplitPoint startkey for " + tableName + ": " + Bytes.toStringBinary(fullKey));
         }
         ret.add(new ImmutableBytesWritable(fullKey));
       }
@@ -537,8 +489,8 @@
     TreeSet<ImmutableBytesWritable> sorted = new TreeSet<>(startKeys);
     ImmutableBytesWritable first = sorted.first();
     if (writeMultipleTables) {
-      first = new ImmutableBytesWritable(MultiTableHFileOutputFormat.getSuffix(sorted.first
-              ().get()));
+      first =
+        new ImmutableBytesWritable(MultiTableHFileOutputFormat.getSuffix(sorted.first().get()));
     }
     if (!first.equals(HConstants.EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY)) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException(
@@ -641,11 +593,10 @@
 
     /* Now get the region start keys for every table required */
     List<String> allTableNames = new ArrayList<>(multiTableInfo.size());
-    List<RegionLocator> regionLocators = new ArrayList<>( multiTableInfo.size());
-    List<TableDescriptor> tableDescriptors = new ArrayList<>( multiTableInfo.size());
+    List<RegionLocator> regionLocators = new ArrayList<>(multiTableInfo.size());
+    List<TableDescriptor> tableDescriptors = new ArrayList<>(multiTableInfo.size());
 
-    for( TableInfo tableInfo : multiTableInfo )
-    {
+    for(TableInfo tableInfo : multiTableInfo) {
       regionLocators.add(tableInfo.getRegionLocator());
       String tn = writeMultipleTables?
         tableInfo.getRegionLocator().getName().getNameWithNamespaceInclAsString():
@@ -653,10 +604,12 @@
       allTableNames.add(tn);
       tableDescriptors.add(tableInfo.getTableDescriptor());
     }
-    // Record tablenames for creating writer by favored nodes, and decoding compression, block size and other attributes of columnfamily per table
+    // Record tablenames for creating writer by favored nodes, and decoding compression,
+    // block size and other attributes of columnfamily per table
     conf.set(OUTPUT_TABLE_NAME_CONF_KEY, StringUtils.join(allTableNames, Bytes
             .toString(tableSeparator)));
-    List<ImmutableBytesWritable> startKeys = getRegionStartKeys(regionLocators, writeMultipleTables);
+    List<ImmutableBytesWritable> startKeys =
+      getRegionStartKeys(regionLocators, writeMultipleTables);
     // Use table's region boundaries for TOP split points.
     LOG.info("Configuring " + startKeys.size() + " reduce partitions " +
         "to match current region count for all tables");
@@ -852,9 +805,11 @@
     TotalOrderPartitioner.setPartitionFile(conf, partitionsPath);
   }
 
-  @edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressWarnings(value = "RCN_REDUNDANT_NULLCHECK_OF_NONNULL_VALUE")
+  @edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressWarnings(value =
+    "RCN_REDUNDANT_NULLCHECK_OF_NONNULL_VALUE")
   @VisibleForTesting
-  static String serializeColumnFamilyAttribute(Function<ColumnFamilyDescriptor, String> fn, List<TableDescriptor> allTables)
+  static String serializeColumnFamilyAttribute(Function<ColumnFamilyDescriptor, String> fn,
+        List<TableDescriptor> allTables)
       throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
     StringBuilder attributeValue = new StringBuilder();
     int i = 0;
@@ -869,8 +824,8 @@
           attributeValue.append('&');
         }
         attributeValue.append(URLEncoder.encode(
-            Bytes.toString(combineTableNameSuffix(tableDescriptor.getTableName().getName(), familyDescriptor.getName())),
-            "UTF-8"));
+          Bytes.toString(combineTableNameSuffix(tableDescriptor.getTableName().getName(),
+            familyDescriptor.getName())), "UTF-8"));
         attributeValue.append('=');
         attributeValue.append(URLEncoder.encode(fn.apply(familyDescriptor), "UTF-8"));
       }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/FixedFileTrailer.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/FixedFileTrailer.java
index 3c74d11..35fb281 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/FixedFileTrailer.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/FixedFileTrailer.java
@@ -26,27 +26,25 @@
 import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataInputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparatorImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparatorImpl.MetaCellComparator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValue;
-import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.compress.Compression;
-import org.apache.hbase.thirdparty.com.google.protobuf.UnsafeByteOperations;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.HFileProtos;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
-
+import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.apache.hbase.thirdparty.com.google.protobuf.UnsafeByteOperations;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.HFileProtos;
 
 /**
  * The {@link HFile} has a fixed trailer which contains offsets to other
  * variable parts of the file. Also includes basic metadata on this file. The
  * trailer size is fixed within a given {@link HFile} format version only, but
  * we always store the version number as the last four-byte integer of the file.
- * The version number itself is split into two portions, a major 
+ * The version number itself is split into two portions, a major
  * version and a minor version. The last three bytes of a file are the major
  * version and a single preceding byte is the minor number. The major version
  * determines which readers/writers to use to read/write a hfile while a minor
@@ -77,16 +75,24 @@
    */
   private long loadOnOpenDataOffset;
 
-  /** The number of entries in the root data index. */
+  /**
+   * The number of entries in the root data index.
+   */
   private int dataIndexCount;
 
-  /** Total uncompressed size of all blocks of the data index */
+  /**
+   * Total uncompressed size of all blocks of the data index
+   */
   private long uncompressedDataIndexSize;
 
-  /** The number of entries in the meta index */
+  /**
+   * The number of entries in the meta index
+   */
   private int metaIndexCount;
 
-  /** The total uncompressed size of keys/values stored in the file. */
+  /**
+   * The total uncompressed size of keys/values stored in the file.
+   */
   private long totalUncompressedBytes;
 
   /**
@@ -95,7 +101,9 @@
    */
   private long entryCount;
 
-  /** The compression codec used for all blocks. */
+  /**
+   * The compression codec used for all blocks.
+   */
   private Compression.Algorithm compressionCodec = Compression.Algorithm.NONE;
 
   /**
@@ -104,7 +112,9 @@
    */
   private int numDataIndexLevels;
 
-  /** The offset of the first data block. */
+  /**
+   * The offset of the first data block.
+   */
   private long firstDataBlockOffset;
 
   /**
@@ -113,17 +123,25 @@
    */
   private long lastDataBlockOffset;
 
-  /** Raw key comparator class name in version 3 */
+  /**
+   * Raw key comparator class name in version 3
+   */
   // We could write the actual class name from 2.0 onwards and handle BC
   private String comparatorClassName = CellComparator.getInstance().getClass().getName();
 
-  /** The encryption key */
+  /**
+   * The encryption key
+   */
   private byte[] encryptionKey;
 
-  /** The {@link HFile} format major version. */
+  /**
+   * The {@link HFile} format major version.
+   */
   private final int majorVersion;
 
-  /** The {@link HFile} format minor version. */
+  /**
+   * The {@link HFile} format minor version.
+   */
   private final int minorVersion;
 
   FixedFileTrailer(int majorVersion, int minorVersion) {
@@ -133,7 +151,7 @@
   }
 
   private static int[] computeTrailerSizeByVersion() {
-    int versionToSize[] = new int[HFile.MAX_FORMAT_VERSION + 1];
+    int[] versionToSize = new int[HFile.MAX_FORMAT_VERSION + 1];
     // We support only 2 major versions now. ie. V2, V3
     versionToSize[2] = 212;
     for (int version = 3; version <= HFile.MAX_FORMAT_VERSION; version++) {
@@ -147,14 +165,13 @@
 
   private static int getMaxTrailerSize() {
     int maxSize = 0;
-    for (int version = HFile.MIN_FORMAT_VERSION;
-         version <= HFile.MAX_FORMAT_VERSION;
-         ++version)
+    for (int version = HFile.MIN_FORMAT_VERSION; version <= HFile.MAX_FORMAT_VERSION; ++version) {
       maxSize = Math.max(getTrailerSize(version), maxSize);
+    }
     return maxSize;
   }
 
-  private static final int TRAILER_SIZE[] = computeTrailerSizeByVersion();
+  private static final int[] TRAILER_SIZE = computeTrailerSizeByVersion();
   private static final int MAX_TRAILER_SIZE = getMaxTrailerSize();
 
   private static final int NOT_PB_SIZE = BlockType.MAGIC_LENGTH + Bytes.SIZEOF_INT;
@@ -171,9 +188,6 @@
    * Write the trailer to a data stream. We support writing version 1 for
    * testing and for determining version 1 trailer size. It is also easy to see
    * what fields changed in version 2.
-   *
-   * @param outputStream
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   void serialize(DataOutputStream outputStream) throws IOException {
     HFile.checkFormatVersion(majorVersion);
@@ -193,18 +207,18 @@
   @org.apache.hbase.thirdparty.com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting
   HFileProtos.FileTrailerProto toProtobuf() {
     HFileProtos.FileTrailerProto.Builder builder = HFileProtos.FileTrailerProto.newBuilder()
-        .setFileInfoOffset(fileInfoOffset)
-        .setLoadOnOpenDataOffset(loadOnOpenDataOffset)
-        .setUncompressedDataIndexSize(uncompressedDataIndexSize)
-        .setTotalUncompressedBytes(totalUncompressedBytes)
-        .setDataIndexCount(dataIndexCount)
-        .setMetaIndexCount(metaIndexCount)
-        .setEntryCount(entryCount)
-        .setNumDataIndexLevels(numDataIndexLevels)
-        .setFirstDataBlockOffset(firstDataBlockOffset)
-        .setLastDataBlockOffset(lastDataBlockOffset)
-        .setComparatorClassName(getHBase1CompatibleName(comparatorClassName))
-        .setCompressionCodec(compressionCodec.ordinal());
+      .setFileInfoOffset(fileInfoOffset)
+      .setLoadOnOpenDataOffset(loadOnOpenDataOffset)
+      .setUncompressedDataIndexSize(uncompressedDataIndexSize)
+      .setTotalUncompressedBytes(totalUncompressedBytes)
+      .setDataIndexCount(dataIndexCount)
+      .setMetaIndexCount(metaIndexCount)
+      .setEntryCount(entryCount)
+      .setNumDataIndexLevels(numDataIndexLevels)
+      .setFirstDataBlockOffset(firstDataBlockOffset)
+      .setLastDataBlockOffset(lastDataBlockOffset)
+      .setComparatorClassName(getHBase1CompatibleName(comparatorClassName))
+      .setCompressionCodec(compressionCodec.ordinal());
     if (encryptionKey != null) {
       builder.setEncryptionKey(UnsafeByteOperations.unsafeWrap(encryptionKey));
     }
@@ -239,9 +253,6 @@
    * Deserialize the fixed file trailer from the given stream. The version needs
    * to already be specified. Make sure this is consistent with
    * {@link #serialize(DataOutputStream)}.
-   *
-   * @param inputStream
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   void deserialize(DataInputStream inputStream) throws IOException {
     HFile.checkFormatVersion(majorVersion);
@@ -249,7 +260,7 @@
     BlockType.TRAILER.readAndCheck(inputStream);
 
     if (majorVersion > 2
-        || (majorVersion == 2 && minorVersion >= HFileReaderImpl.PBUF_TRAILER_MINOR_VERSION)) {
+      || (majorVersion == 2 && minorVersion >= HFileReaderImpl.PBUF_TRAILER_MINOR_VERSION)) {
       deserializeFromPB(inputStream);
     } else {
       deserializeFromWritable(inputStream);
@@ -263,14 +274,12 @@
 
   /**
    * Deserialize the file trailer as protobuf
-   * @param inputStream
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   void deserializeFromPB(DataInputStream inputStream) throws IOException {
     // read PB and skip padding
     int start = inputStream.available();
     HFileProtos.FileTrailerProto trailerProto =
-        HFileProtos.FileTrailerProto.PARSER.parseDelimitedFrom(inputStream);
+      HFileProtos.FileTrailerProto.PARSER.parseDelimitedFrom(inputStream);
     int size = start - inputStream.available();
     inputStream.skip(getTrailerSize() - NOT_PB_SIZE - size);
 
@@ -320,8 +329,6 @@
 
   /**
    * Deserialize the file trailer as writable data
-   * @param input
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   void deserializeFromWritable(DataInput input) throws IOException {
     fileInfoOffset = input.readLong();
@@ -339,12 +346,13 @@
     // TODO this is a classname encoded into an  HFile's trailer. We are going to need to have 
     // some compat code here.
     setComparatorClass(getComparatorClass(Bytes.readStringFixedSize(input,
-        MAX_COMPARATOR_NAME_LENGTH)));
+      MAX_COMPARATOR_NAME_LENGTH)));
   }
-  
+
   private void append(StringBuilder sb, String s) {
-    if (sb.length() > 0)
+    if (sb.length() > 0) {
       sb.append(", ");
+    }
     sb.append(s);
   }
 
@@ -375,18 +383,18 @@
   /**
    * Reads a file trailer from the given file.
    *
-   * @param istream the input stream with the ability to seek. Does not have to
-   *          be buffered, as only one read operation is made.
+   * @param istream  the input stream with the ability to seek. Does not have to
+   *                 be buffered, as only one read operation is made.
    * @param fileSize the file size. Can be obtained using
-   *          {@link org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem#getFileStatus(
-   *          org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path)}.
+   *                 {@link org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem#getFileStatus(
+   *org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path)}.
    * @return the fixed file trailer read
    * @throws IOException if failed to read from the underlying stream, or the
-   *           trailer is corrupted, or the version of the trailer is
-   *           unsupported
+   *                     trailer is corrupted, or the version of the trailer is
+   *                     unsupported
    */
   public static FixedFileTrailer readFromStream(FSDataInputStream istream,
-      long fileSize) throws IOException {
+                                                long fileSize) throws IOException {
     int bufferSize = MAX_TRAILER_SIZE;
     long seekPoint = fileSize - bufferSize;
     if (seekPoint < 0) {
@@ -399,7 +407,7 @@
 
     ByteBuffer buf = ByteBuffer.allocate(bufferSize);
     istream.readFully(buf.array(), buf.arrayOffset(),
-        buf.arrayOffset() + buf.limit());
+      buf.arrayOffset() + buf.limit());
 
     // Read the version from the last int of the file.
     buf.position(buf.limit() - Bytes.SIZEOF_INT);
@@ -415,30 +423,30 @@
 
     FixedFileTrailer fft = new FixedFileTrailer(majorVersion, minorVersion);
     fft.deserialize(new DataInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(buf.array(),
-        buf.arrayOffset() + bufferSize - trailerSize, trailerSize)));
+      buf.arrayOffset() + bufferSize - trailerSize, trailerSize)));
     return fft;
   }
 
   public void expectMajorVersion(int expected) {
     if (majorVersion != expected) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid HFile major version: "
-          + majorVersion 
-          + " (expected: " + expected + ")");
+        + majorVersion
+        + " (expected: " + expected + ")");
     }
   }
 
   public void expectMinorVersion(int expected) {
     if (minorVersion != expected) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid HFile minor version: "
-          + minorVersion + " (expected: " + expected + ")");
+        + minorVersion + " (expected: " + expected + ")");
     }
   }
 
   public void expectAtLeastMajorVersion(int lowerBound) {
     if (majorVersion < lowerBound) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid HFile major version: "
-          + majorVersion
-          + " (expected: " + lowerBound + " or higher).");
+        + majorVersion
+        + " (expected: " + lowerBound + " or higher).");
     }
   }
 
@@ -566,7 +574,7 @@
    * than the new name; writing the new name will make it so newly-written hfiles are not parseable
    * by hbase-1.x, a facility we'd like to preserve across rolling upgrade and hbase-1.x clusters
    * reading hbase-2.x produce.
-   *
+   * <p>
    * The Comparators in hbase-2.x work the same as they did in hbase-1.x; they compare
    * KeyValues. In hbase-2.x they were renamed making use of the more generic 'Cell'
    * nomenclature to indicate that we intend to move away from KeyValues post hbase-2. A naming
@@ -579,9 +587,9 @@
    *
    * @param comparator String class name of the Comparator used in this hfile.
    * @return What to store in the trailer as our comparator name.
+   * @see #getComparatorClass(String)
    * @since hbase-2.0.0.
    * @deprecated Since hbase-2.0.0. Will be removed in hbase-3.0.0.
-   * @see #getComparatorClass(String)
    */
   @Deprecated
   private String getHBase1CompatibleName(final String comparator) {
@@ -596,20 +604,20 @@
 
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   private static Class<? extends CellComparator> getComparatorClass(String comparatorClassName)
-      throws IOException {
+    throws IOException {
     Class<? extends CellComparator> comparatorKlass;
     // for BC
     if (comparatorClassName.equals(KeyValue.COMPARATOR.getLegacyKeyComparatorName())
-        || comparatorClassName.equals(KeyValue.COMPARATOR.getClass().getName())
-        || (comparatorClassName.equals("org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparator"))) {
+      || comparatorClassName.equals(KeyValue.COMPARATOR.getClass().getName())
+      || (comparatorClassName.equals("org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparator"))) {
       comparatorKlass = CellComparatorImpl.class;
     } else if (comparatorClassName.equals(KeyValue.META_COMPARATOR.getLegacyKeyComparatorName())
-        || comparatorClassName.equals(KeyValue.META_COMPARATOR.getClass().getName())
-        || (comparatorClassName
-            .equals("org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparator$MetaCellComparator"))) {
+      || comparatorClassName.equals(KeyValue.META_COMPARATOR.getClass().getName())
+      || (comparatorClassName
+      .equals("org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparator$MetaCellComparator"))) {
       comparatorKlass = MetaCellComparator.class;
     } else if (comparatorClassName.equals("org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValue$RawBytesComparator")
-        || comparatorClassName.equals("org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes$ByteArrayComparator")) {
+      || comparatorClassName.equals("org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes$ByteArrayComparator")) {
       // When the comparator to be used is Bytes.BYTES_RAWCOMPARATOR, we just return null from here
       // Bytes.BYTES_RAWCOMPARATOR is not a CellComparator
       comparatorKlass = null;
@@ -624,19 +632,22 @@
     return comparatorKlass;
   }
 
-  public static CellComparator createComparator(
-      String comparatorClassName) throws IOException {
+  static CellComparator createComparator(String comparatorClassName) throws IOException {
+    if (comparatorClassName.equals(CellComparatorImpl.COMPARATOR.getClass().getName())) {
+      return CellComparatorImpl.COMPARATOR;
+    } else if (comparatorClassName.equals(
+      CellComparatorImpl.META_COMPARATOR.getClass().getName())) {
+      return CellComparatorImpl.META_COMPARATOR;
+    }
     try {
-
       Class<? extends CellComparator> comparatorClass = getComparatorClass(comparatorClassName);
-      if(comparatorClass != null){
+      if (comparatorClass != null) {
         return comparatorClass.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
       }
       LOG.warn("No Comparator class for " + comparatorClassName + ". Returning Null.");
       return null;
     } catch (Exception e) {
-      throw new IOException("Comparator class " + comparatorClassName +
-        " is not instantiable", e);
+      throw new IOException("Comparator class " + comparatorClassName + " is not instantiable", e);
     }
   }
 
@@ -650,7 +661,7 @@
   }
 
   public void setUncompressedDataIndexSize(
-      long uncompressedDataIndexSize) {
+    long uncompressedDataIndexSize) {
     expectAtLeastMajorVersion(2);
     this.uncompressedDataIndexSize = uncompressedDataIndexSize;
   }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFile.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFile.java
index cb6a352..46cec4a 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFile.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFile.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/**
+/*
  *
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.LongAdder;
-
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataOutputStream;
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@
 import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
 import org.apache.hbase.thirdparty.com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import org.apache.hbase.thirdparty.com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 
@@ -121,7 +119,7 @@
  * an HFile instance?
  */
 @InterfaceAudience.Private
-public class HFile {
+public final class HFile {
   // LOG is being used in HFileBlock and CheckSumUtil
   static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HFile.class);
 
@@ -178,6 +176,11 @@
   static final MetricsIO metrics = new MetricsIO(new MetricsIOWrapperImpl());
 
   /**
+   * Shutdown constructor.
+   */
+  private HFile() {}
+
+  /**
    * Number of checksum verification failures. It also
    * clears the counter.
    */
@@ -222,10 +225,11 @@
      */
     void addInlineBlockWriter(InlineBlockWriter bloomWriter);
 
-    // The below three methods take Writables.  We'd like to undo Writables but undoing the below would be pretty
-    // painful.  Could take a byte [] or a Message but we want to be backward compatible around hfiles so would need
-    // to map between Message and Writable or byte [] and current Writable serialization.  This would be a bit of work
-    // to little gain.  Thats my thinking at moment.  St.Ack 20121129
+    // The below three methods take Writables.  We'd like to undo Writables but undoing the below
+    // would be pretty painful.  Could take a byte [] or a Message but we want to be backward
+    // compatible around hfiles so would need to map between Message and Writable or byte [] and
+    // current Writable serialization.  This would be a bit of work to little gain.  Thats my
+    // thinking at moment.  St.Ack 20121129
 
     void appendMetaBlock(String bloomFilterMetaKey, Writable metaWriter);
 
@@ -258,7 +262,6 @@
     protected FileSystem fs;
     protected Path path;
     protected FSDataOutputStream ostream;
-    protected CellComparator comparator = CellComparator.getInstance();
     protected InetSocketAddress[] favoredNodes;
     private HFileContext fileContext;
     protected boolean shouldDropBehind = false;
@@ -282,12 +285,6 @@
       return this;
     }
 
-    public WriterFactory withComparator(CellComparator comparator) {
-      Preconditions.checkNotNull(comparator);
-      this.comparator = comparator;
-      return this;
-    }
-
     public WriterFactory withFavoredNodes(InetSocketAddress[] favoredNodes) {
       // Deliberately not checking for null here.
       this.favoredNodes = favoredNodes;
@@ -319,7 +316,7 @@
           LOG.debug("Unable to set drop behind on {}", path.getName());
         }
       }
-      return new HFileWriterImpl(conf, cacheConf, path, ostream, comparator, fileContext);
+      return new HFileWriterImpl(conf, cacheConf, path, ostream, fileContext);
     }
   }
 
@@ -349,16 +346,16 @@
       CacheConfig cacheConf) {
     int version = getFormatVersion(conf);
     switch (version) {
-    case 2:
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("This should never happen. " +
-        "Did you change hfile.format.version to read v2? This version of the software writes v3" +
-        " hfiles only (but it can read v2 files without having to update hfile.format.version " +
-        "in hbase-site.xml)");
-    case 3:
-      return new HFile.WriterFactory(conf, cacheConf);
-    default:
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot create writer for HFile " +
-          "format version " + version);
+      case 2:
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("This should never happen. " +
+          "Did you change hfile.format.version to read v2? This version of the software writes v3" +
+          " hfiles only (but it can read v2 files without having to update hfile.format.version " +
+          "in hbase-site.xml)");
+      case 3:
+        return new HFile.WriterFactory(conf, cacheConf);
+      default:
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot create writer for HFile " +
+            "format version " + version);
     }
   }
 
@@ -372,18 +369,15 @@
      * Read in a file block.
      * @param offset offset to read.
      * @param onDiskBlockSize size of the block
-     * @param cacheBlock
-     * @param pread
      * @param isCompaction is this block being read as part of a compaction
      * @param expectedBlockType the block type we are expecting to read with this read operation,
-     *  or null to read whatever block type is available and avoid checking (that might reduce
-     *  caching efficiency of encoded data blocks)
+     *   or null to read whatever block type is available and avoid checking (that might reduce
+     *   caching efficiency of encoded data blocks)
      * @param expectedDataBlockEncoding the data block encoding the caller is expecting data blocks
-     *  to be in, or null to not perform this check and return the block irrespective of the
-     *  encoding. This check only applies to data blocks and can be set to null when the caller is
-     *  expecting to read a non-data block and has set expectedBlockType accordingly.
+     *   to be in, or null to not perform this check and return the block irrespective of the
+     *   encoding. This check only applies to data blocks and can be set to null when the caller is
+     *   expecting to read a non-data block and has set expectedBlockType accordingly.
      * @return Block wrapped in a ByteBuffer.
-     * @throws IOException
      */
     HFileBlock readBlock(long offset, long onDiskBlockSize,
         boolean cacheBlock, final boolean pread, final boolean isCompaction,
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileBlock.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileBlock.java
index 928b7a3..ec317e6 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileBlock.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileBlock.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile;
 
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.ByteBuffAllocator.HEAP;
-
 import java.io.DataInputStream;
 import java.io.DataOutput;
 import java.io.DataOutputStream;
@@ -29,18 +28,13 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataInputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataOutputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Cell;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.ByteBuffAllocator;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.util.BlockIOUtils;
-import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.fs.HFileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.ByteBuffAllocator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.ByteBuffInputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.ByteBufferWriterDataOutputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.FSDataInputStreamWrapper;
@@ -50,6 +44,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.encoding.HFileBlockDefaultDecodingContext;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.encoding.HFileBlockDefaultEncodingContext;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.encoding.HFileBlockEncodingContext;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.util.BlockIOUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.nio.ByteBuff;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.nio.MultiByteBuff;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.nio.SingleByteBuff;
@@ -57,7 +52,9 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.ChecksumType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.ClassSize;
-
+import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.apache.hbase.thirdparty.com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import org.apache.hbase.thirdparty.com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 
@@ -360,8 +357,8 @@
     final long prevBlockOffset = buf.getLong(Header.PREV_BLOCK_OFFSET_INDEX);
     // This constructor is called when we deserialize a block from cache and when we read a block in
     // from the fs. fileCache is null when deserialized from cache so need to make up one.
-    HFileContextBuilder fileContextBuilder =
-        fileContext != null ? new HFileContextBuilder(fileContext) : new HFileContextBuilder();
+    HFileContextBuilder fileContextBuilder = fileContext != null ?
+      new HFileContextBuilder(fileContext) : new HFileContextBuilder();
     fileContextBuilder.withHBaseCheckSum(usesHBaseChecksum);
     int onDiskDataSizeWithHeader;
     if (usesHBaseChecksum) {
@@ -407,8 +404,8 @@
 
   /**
    * @return the on-disk size of the next block (including the header size and any checksums if
-   * present) read by peeking into the next block's header; use as a hint when doing
-   * a read of the next block when scanning or running over a file.
+   *   present) read by peeking into the next block's header; use as a hint when doing
+   *   a read of the next block when scanning or running over a file.
    */
   int getNextBlockOnDiskSize() {
     return nextBlockOnDiskSize;
@@ -465,7 +462,7 @@
   /**
    * @return the uncompressed size of data part (header and checksum excluded).
    */
-   int getUncompressedSizeWithoutHeader() {
+  int getUncompressedSizeWithoutHeader() {
     return uncompressedSizeWithoutHeader;
   }
 
@@ -705,8 +702,8 @@
   }
 
   /**
-   * Cannot be {@link #UNSET}. Must be a legitimate value. Used re-making the {@link BlockCacheKey} when
-   * block is returned to the cache.
+   * Cannot be {@link #UNSET}. Must be a legitimate value. Used re-making the {@link BlockCacheKey}
+   * when block is returned to the cache.
    * @return the offset of this block in the file it was read from
    */
   long getOffset() {
@@ -892,7 +889,6 @@
      * Starts writing into the block. The previous block's data is discarded.
      *
      * @return the stream the user can write their data into
-     * @throws IOException
      */
     DataOutputStream startWriting(BlockType newBlockType)
         throws IOException {
@@ -922,8 +918,6 @@
 
     /**
      * Writes the Cell to this block
-     * @param cell
-     * @throws IOException
      */
     void write(Cell cell) throws IOException{
       expectState(State.WRITING);
@@ -1041,9 +1035,6 @@
      * Similar to {@link #writeHeaderAndData(FSDataOutputStream)}, but records
      * the offset of this block so that it can be referenced in the next block
      * of the same type.
-     *
-     * @param out
-     * @throws IOException
      */
     void writeHeaderAndData(FSDataOutputStream out) throws IOException {
       long offset = out.getPos();
@@ -1061,9 +1052,7 @@
      * data when not using compression) into the given stream. Can be called in
      * the "writing" state or in the "block ready" state. If called in the
      * "writing" state, transitions the writer to the "block ready" state.
-     *
      * @param out the output stream to write the
-     * @throws IOException
      */
     protected void finishBlockAndWriteHeaderAndData(DataOutputStream out)
       throws IOException {
@@ -1082,7 +1071,6 @@
      * the header + data + checksums stored on disk.
      *
      * @return header and data as they would be stored on disk in a byte array
-     * @throws IOException
      */
     byte[] getHeaderAndDataForTest() throws IOException {
       ensureBlockReady();
@@ -1167,9 +1155,7 @@
      * @return the number of bytes written
      */
     public int encodedBlockSizeWritten() {
-      if (state != State.WRITING)
-        return 0;
-      return this.encodedDataSizeWritten;
+      return state != State.WRITING ? 0 : this.encodedDataSizeWritten;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1180,8 +1166,7 @@
      * @return the number of bytes written
      */
     int blockSizeWritten() {
-      if (state != State.WRITING) return 0;
-      return this.unencodedDataSizeWritten;
+      return state != State.WRITING ? 0 : this.unencodedDataSizeWritten;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1234,7 +1219,6 @@
      *
      * @param bw the block-writable object to write as a block
      * @param out the file system output stream
-     * @throws IOException
      */
     void writeBlock(BlockWritable bw, FSDataOutputStream out)
         throws IOException {
@@ -1431,7 +1415,8 @@
      * next blocks header seems unnecessary given we usually get the block size
      * from the hfile index. Review!
      */
-    private AtomicReference<PrefetchedHeader> prefetchedHeader = new AtomicReference<>(new PrefetchedHeader());
+    private AtomicReference<PrefetchedHeader> prefetchedHeader =
+      new AtomicReference<>(new PrefetchedHeader());
 
     /** The size of the file we are reading from, or -1 if unknown. */
     private long fileSize;
@@ -1643,10 +1628,9 @@
 
     /**
      * @return Check <code>onDiskSizeWithHeaderL</code> size is healthy and then return it as an int
-     * @throws IOException
      */
     private static int checkAndGetSizeAsInt(final long onDiskSizeWithHeaderL, final int hdrSize)
-    throws IOException {
+        throws IOException {
       if ((onDiskSizeWithHeaderL < hdrSize && onDiskSizeWithHeaderL != -1)
           || onDiskSizeWithHeaderL >= Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
         throw new IOException("Invalid onDisksize=" + onDiskSizeWithHeaderL
@@ -1659,11 +1643,10 @@
     /**
      * Verify the passed in onDiskSizeWithHeader aligns with what is in the header else something
      * is not right.
-     * @throws IOException
      */
     private void verifyOnDiskSizeMatchesHeader(final int passedIn, final ByteBuff headerBuf,
-        final long offset, boolean verifyChecksum)
-    throws IOException {
+           final long offset, boolean verifyChecksum)
+         throws IOException {
       // Assert size provided aligns with what is in the header
       int fromHeader = getOnDiskSizeWithHeader(headerBuf, verifyChecksum);
       if (passedIn != fromHeader) {
@@ -1827,7 +1810,8 @@
 
     @Override
     public void setIncludesMemStoreTS(boolean includesMemstoreTS) {
-      this.fileContext.setIncludesMvcc(includesMemstoreTS);
+      this.fileContext = new HFileContextBuilder(this.fileContext)
+        .withIncludesMvcc(includesMemstoreTS).build();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -2073,7 +2057,7 @@
 
   /**
    * @return This HFileBlocks fileContext which will a derivative of the
-   * fileContext for the file from which this block's data was originally read.
+   *   fileContext for the file from which this block's data was originally read.
    */
   HFileContext getHFileContext() {
     return this.fileContext;
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileInfo.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileInfo.java
index 89b3d34..1dd2573 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileInfo.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileInfo.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/**
+/*
  *
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.SortedMap;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
-
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
@@ -52,7 +51,14 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.generated.HFileProtos;
 
 /**
- * Metadata for HFile. Conjured by the writer. Read in by the reader.
+ * Metadata Map of attributes for HFile written out as HFile Trailer. Created by the Writer and
+ * added to the tail of the file just before close. Metadata includes core attributes such as last
+ * key seen, comparator used writing the file, etc. Clients can add their own attributes via
+ * {@link #append(byte[], byte[], boolean)} and they'll be persisted and available at read time.
+ * Reader creates the HFileInfo on open by reading the tail of the HFile. The parse of the HFile
+ * trailer also creates a {@link HFileContext}, a read-only data structure that includes bulk of
+ * the HFileInfo and extras that is safe to pass around when working on HFiles.
+ * @see HFileContext
  */
 @InterfaceAudience.Private
 public class HFileInfo implements SortedMap<byte[], byte[]> {
@@ -62,7 +68,6 @@
   static final byte [] AVG_KEY_LEN = Bytes.toBytes(RESERVED_PREFIX + "AVG_KEY_LEN");
   static final byte [] AVG_VALUE_LEN = Bytes.toBytes(RESERVED_PREFIX + "AVG_VALUE_LEN");
   static final byte [] CREATE_TIME_TS = Bytes.toBytes(RESERVED_PREFIX + "CREATE_TIME_TS");
-  static final byte [] COMPARATOR = Bytes.toBytes(RESERVED_PREFIX + "COMPARATOR");
   static final byte [] TAGS_COMPRESSED = Bytes.toBytes(RESERVED_PREFIX + "TAGS_COMPRESSED");
   public static final byte [] MAX_TAGS_LEN = Bytes.toBytes(RESERVED_PREFIX + "MAX_TAGS_LEN");
   private final SortedMap<byte [], byte []> map = new TreeMap<>(Bytes.BYTES_COMPARATOR);
@@ -380,7 +385,8 @@
     HFileContextBuilder builder = new HFileContextBuilder()
       .withHBaseCheckSum(true)
       .withHFileName(path.getName())
-      .withCompression(trailer.getCompressionCodec());
+      .withCompression(trailer.getCompressionCodec())
+      .withCellComparator(trailer.createComparator(trailer.getComparatorClassName()));
     // Check for any key material available
     byte[] keyBytes = trailer.getEncryptionKey();
     if (keyBytes != null) {
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileReaderImpl.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileReaderImpl.java
index 2416074..5c51fe0 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileReaderImpl.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileReaderImpl.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Optional;
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configurable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
@@ -49,12 +48,10 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.IdLock;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.ObjectIntPair;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.WritableUtils;
-
 import org.apache.htrace.core.TraceScope;
 import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
 import org.apache.hbase.thirdparty.com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 
 /**
@@ -85,9 +82,6 @@
    */
   protected HFileDataBlockEncoder dataBlockEncoder = NoOpDataBlockEncoder.INSTANCE;
 
-  /** Key comparator */
-  protected CellComparator comparator = CellComparator.getInstance();
-
   /** Block cache configuration. */
   protected final CacheConfig cacheConf;
 
@@ -145,8 +139,6 @@
     this.primaryReplicaReader = context.isPrimaryReplicaReader();
     this.fileInfo = fileInfo;
     this.trailer = fileInfo.getTrailer();
-    // Comparator class name is stored in the trailer in version 2.
-    this.comparator = trailer.createComparator();
     this.hfileContext = fileInfo.getHFileContext();
     this.fsBlockReader = new HFileBlock.FSReaderImpl(context, hfileContext,
         cacheConf.getByteBuffAllocator());
@@ -238,7 +230,7 @@
   /** @return comparator */
   @Override
   public CellComparator getComparator() {
-    return comparator;
+    return this.hfileContext.getCellComparator();
   }
 
   @VisibleForTesting
@@ -398,8 +390,9 @@
     }
 
     protected void assertSeeked() {
-      if (!isSeeked())
+      if (!isSeeked()) {
         throw new NotSeekedException(reader.getPath());
+      }
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -476,7 +469,6 @@
 
     /**
      * Read mvcc. Does checks to see if we even need to read the mvcc at all.
-     * @param offsetFromPos
      */
     protected void readMvccVersion(final int offsetFromPos) {
       // See if we even need to decode mvcc.
@@ -493,7 +485,6 @@
 
     /**
      * Actually do the mvcc read. Does no checks.
-     * @param offsetFromPos
      */
     private void _readMvccVersion(int offsetFromPos) {
       // This is Bytes#bytesToVint inlined so can save a few instructions in this hot method; i.e.
@@ -681,7 +672,6 @@
      *         0 if we are at the given key, 1 if we are past the given key
      *         -2 if the key is earlier than the first key of the file while
      *         using a faked index key
-     * @throws IOException
      */
     public int seekTo(Cell key, boolean rewind) throws IOException {
       HFileBlockIndex.BlockIndexReader indexReader = reader.getDataBlockIndexReader();
@@ -747,7 +737,6 @@
      * data block is found.
      *
      * @return the next block, or null if there are no more data blocks
-     * @throws IOException
      */
     @edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressWarnings(value="NP_NULL_ON_SOME_PATH",
         justification="Yeah, unnecessary null check; could do w/ clean up")
@@ -764,7 +753,7 @@
         }
         if (block.getOffset() < 0) {
           releaseIfNotCurBlock(block);
-          throw new IOException("Invalid block file offset: " + block + ", path=" + reader.getPath());
+          throw new IOException("Invalid block offset: " + block + ", path=" + reader.getPath());
         }
         // We are reading the next block without block type validation, because
         // it might turn out to be a non-data block.
@@ -786,8 +775,9 @@
 
     @Override
     public Cell getCell() {
-      if (!isSeeked())
+      if (!isSeeked()) {
         return null;
+      }
 
       Cell ret;
       int cellBufSize = getKVBufSize();
@@ -886,7 +876,6 @@
     /**
      * Set our selves up for the next 'next' invocation, set up next block.
      * @return True is more to read else false if at the end.
-     * @throws IOException
      */
     private boolean positionForNextBlock() throws IOException {
       // Methods are small so they get inlined because they are 'hot'.
@@ -942,7 +931,6 @@
      *
      * @return false if empty file; i.e. a call to next would return false and
      *         the current key and value are undefined.
-     * @throws IOException
      */
     @Override
     public boolean seekTo() throws IOException {
@@ -975,7 +963,8 @@
         isCompaction, true, BlockType.DATA, getEffectiveDataBlockEncoding());
       if (newBlock.getOffset() < 0) {
         releaseIfNotCurBlock(newBlock);
-        throw new IOException("Invalid block offset: " + newBlock.getOffset() + ", path=" + reader.getPath());
+        throw new IOException("Invalid offset=" + newBlock.getOffset() +
+          ", path=" + reader.getPath());
       }
       updateCurrentBlock(newBlock);
     }
@@ -993,7 +982,6 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param v
      * @return True if v &lt;= 0 or v &gt; current block buffer limit.
      */
     protected final boolean checkKeyLen(final int v) {
@@ -1001,7 +989,6 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param v
      * @return True if v &lt; 0 or v &gt; current block buffer limit.
      */
     protected final boolean checkLen(final int v) {
@@ -1172,9 +1159,9 @@
             // so blocks with the old encoding still linger in cache for some
             // period of time. This event should be rare as it only happens on
             // schema definition change.
-            LOG.info("Evicting cached block with key " + cacheKey
-                + " because of a data block encoding mismatch" + "; expected: "
-                + expectedDataBlockEncoding + ", actual: " + actualDataBlockEncoding + ", path=" + path);
+            LOG.info("Evicting cached block with key {} because data block encoding mismatch; " +
+                "expected {}, actual {}, path={}", cacheKey, actualDataBlockEncoding,
+              expectedDataBlockEncoding, path);
             // This is an error scenario. so here we need to release the block.
             returnAndEvictBlock(cache, cacheKey, cachedBlock);
           }
@@ -1192,10 +1179,8 @@
   }
 
   /**
-   * @param metaBlockName
    * @param cacheBlock Add block to cache, if found
    * @return block wrapped in a ByteBuffer, with header skipped
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   @Override
   public HFileBlock getMetaBlock(String metaBlockName, boolean cacheBlock)
@@ -1210,8 +1195,9 @@
     byte[] mbname = Bytes.toBytes(metaBlockName);
     int block = metaBlockIndexReader.rootBlockContainingKey(mbname,
         0, mbname.length);
-    if (block == -1)
+    if (block == -1) {
       return null;
+    }
     long blockSize = metaBlockIndexReader.getRootBlockDataSize(block);
 
     // Per meta key from any given file, synchronize reads for said block. This
@@ -1418,7 +1404,6 @@
   /**
    * @return Midkey for this file. We work with block boundaries only so
    *         returned midkey is an approximation only.
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   @Override
   public Optional<Cell> midKey() throws IOException {
@@ -1455,8 +1440,7 @@
       DataBlockEncoding encoding = reader.getDataBlockEncoding();
       dataBlockEncoder = encoding.getEncoder();
       decodingCtx = dataBlockEncoder.newDataBlockDecodingContext(meta);
-      seeker = dataBlockEncoder.createSeeker(
-        reader.getComparator(), decodingCtx);
+      seeker = dataBlockEncoder.createSeeker(decodingCtx);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -1475,7 +1459,6 @@
      * @param newBlock the block to make current, and read by {@link HFileReaderImpl#readBlock},
      *          it's a totally new block with new allocated {@link ByteBuff}, so if no further
      *          reference to this block, we should release it carefully.
-     * @throws CorruptHFileException
      */
     @Override
     protected void updateCurrentBlock(HFileBlock newBlock) throws CorruptHFileException {
@@ -1487,9 +1470,9 @@
         short dataBlockEncoderId = newBlock.getDataBlockEncodingId();
         if (!DataBlockEncoding.isCorrectEncoder(dataBlockEncoder, dataBlockEncoderId)) {
           String encoderCls = dataBlockEncoder.getClass().getName();
-          throw new CorruptHFileException(
-              "Encoder " + encoderCls + " doesn't support data block encoding "
-                  + DataBlockEncoding.getNameFromId(dataBlockEncoderId) + ",path=" + reader.getPath());
+          throw new CorruptHFileException("Encoder " + encoderCls +
+            " doesn't support data block encoding " +
+            DataBlockEncoding.getNameFromId(dataBlockEncoderId) + ",path=" + reader.getPath());
         }
         updateCurrBlockRef(newBlock);
         ByteBuff encodedBuffer = getEncodedBuffer(newBlock);
@@ -1606,7 +1589,7 @@
   }
 
   private DataInput getBloomFilterMetadata(BlockType blockType)
-  throws IOException {
+      throws IOException {
     if (blockType != BlockType.GENERAL_BLOOM_META &&
         blockType != BlockType.DELETE_FAMILY_BLOOM_META) {
       throw new RuntimeException("Block Type: " + blockType.toString() +
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileWriterImpl.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileWriterImpl.java
index 66a6c00..604ac1f 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileWriterImpl.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileWriterImpl.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataOutputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
@@ -65,7 +64,8 @@
   private static final long UNSET = -1;
 
   /** if this feature is enabled, preCalculate encoded data size before real encoding happens*/
-  public static final String UNIFIED_ENCODED_BLOCKSIZE_RATIO = "hbase.writer.unified.encoded.blocksize.ratio";
+  public static final String UNIFIED_ENCODED_BLOCKSIZE_RATIO =
+    "hbase.writer.unified.encoded.blocksize.ratio";
 
   /** Block size limit after encoding, used to unify encoded block Cache entry size*/
   private final int encodedBlockSizeLimit;
@@ -94,9 +94,6 @@
   /** Total uncompressed bytes, maybe calculate a compression ratio later. */
   protected long totalUncompressedBytes = 0;
 
-  /** Key comparator. Used to ensure we write in order. */
-  protected final CellComparator comparator;
-
   /** Meta block names. */
   protected List<byte[]> metaNames = new ArrayList<>();
 
@@ -165,8 +162,7 @@
   protected long maxMemstoreTS = 0;
 
   public HFileWriterImpl(final Configuration conf, CacheConfig cacheConf, Path path,
-      FSDataOutputStream outputStream,
-      CellComparator comparator, HFileContext fileContext) {
+      FSDataOutputStream outputStream, HFileContext fileContext) {
     this.outputStream = outputStream;
     this.path = path;
     this.name = path != null ? path.getName() : outputStream.toString();
@@ -177,8 +173,6 @@
     } else {
       this.blockEncoder = NoOpDataBlockEncoder.INSTANCE;
     }
-    this.comparator = comparator != null ? comparator : CellComparator.getInstance();
-
     closeOutputStream = path != null;
     this.cacheConf = cacheConf;
     float encodeBlockSizeRatio = conf.getFloat(UNIFIED_ENCODED_BLOCKSIZE_RATIO, 1f);
@@ -187,7 +181,6 @@
     if (LOG.isTraceEnabled()) {
       LOG.trace("Writer" + (path != null ? " for " + path : "") +
         " initialized with cacheConf: " + cacheConf +
-        " comparator: " + comparator.getClass().getSimpleName() +
         " fileContext: " + fileContext);
     }
   }
@@ -214,10 +207,9 @@
    *
    * @param trailer fixed file trailer
    * @param out the data output to write the file info to
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   protected final void writeFileInfo(FixedFileTrailer trailer, DataOutputStream out)
-  throws IOException {
+      throws IOException {
     trailer.setFileInfoOffset(outputStream.getPos());
     finishFileInfo();
     long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
@@ -239,7 +231,8 @@
       throw new IOException("Key cannot be null or empty");
     }
     if (lastCell != null) {
-      int keyComp = PrivateCellUtil.compareKeyIgnoresMvcc(comparator, lastCell, cell);
+      int keyComp = PrivateCellUtil.compareKeyIgnoresMvcc(this.hFileContext.getCellComparator(),
+        lastCell, cell);
       if (keyComp > 0) {
         String message = getLexicalErrorMessage(cell);
         throw new IOException(message);
@@ -285,8 +278,9 @@
   }
 
   public static Compression.Algorithm compressionByName(String algoName) {
-    if (algoName == null)
+    if (algoName == null) {
       return HFile.DEFAULT_COMPRESSION_ALGORITHM;
+    }
     return Compression.getCompressionAlgorithmByName(algoName);
   }
 
@@ -318,17 +312,15 @@
 
     // Meta data block index writer
     metaBlockIndexWriter = new HFileBlockIndex.BlockIndexWriter();
-    if (LOG.isTraceEnabled()) LOG.trace("Initialized with " + cacheConf);
+    LOG.trace("Initialized with {}", cacheConf);
   }
 
   /**
    * At a block boundary, write all the inline blocks and opens new block.
-   *
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   protected void checkBlockBoundary() throws IOException {
-    //for encoder like prefixTree, encoded size is not available, so we have to compare both encoded size
-    //and unencoded size to blocksize limit.
+    // For encoder like prefixTree, encoded size is not available, so we have to compare both
+    // encoded size and unencoded size to blocksize limit.
     if (blockWriter.encodedBlockSizeWritten() >= encodedBlockSizeLimit
         || blockWriter.blockSizeWritten() >= hFileContext.getBlocksize()) {
       finishBlock();
@@ -339,7 +331,9 @@
 
   /** Clean up the data block that is currently being written.*/
   private void finishBlock() throws IOException {
-    if (!blockWriter.isWriting() || blockWriter.blockSizeWritten() == 0) return;
+    if (!blockWriter.isWriting() || blockWriter.blockSizeWritten() == 0) {
+      return;
+    }
 
     // Update the first data block offset if UNSET; used scanning.
     if (firstDataBlockOffset == UNSET) {
@@ -350,7 +344,7 @@
     blockWriter.writeHeaderAndData(outputStream);
     int onDiskSize = blockWriter.getOnDiskSizeWithHeader();
     Cell indexEntry =
-      getMidpoint(this.comparator, lastCellOfPreviousBlock, firstCellInBlock);
+      getMidpoint(this.hFileContext.getCellComparator(), lastCellOfPreviousBlock, firstCellInBlock);
     dataBlockIndexWriter.addEntry(PrivateCellUtil.getCellKeySerializedAsKeyValueKey(indexEntry),
       lastDataBlockOffset, onDiskSize);
     totalUncompressedBytes += blockWriter.getUncompressedSizeWithHeader();
@@ -364,11 +358,6 @@
    * <code>right</code> but that is shorter; i.e. takes up less space. This
    * trick is used building HFile block index. Its an optimization. It does not
    * always work. In this case we'll just return the <code>right</code> cell.
-   *
-   * @param comparator
-   *          Comparator to use.
-   * @param left
-   * @param right
    * @return A cell that sorts between <code>left</code> and <code>right</code>.
    */
   public static Cell getMidpoint(final CellComparator comparator, final Cell left,
@@ -407,7 +396,9 @@
             left.getRowLength(), right.getRowArray(), right.getRowOffset(), right.getRowLength());
       }
       // If midRow is null, just return 'right'. Can't do optimization.
-      if (midRow == null) return right;
+      if (midRow == null) {
+        return right;
+      }
       return PrivateCellUtil.createFirstOnRow(midRow);
     }
     // Rows are same. Compare on families.
@@ -428,7 +419,9 @@
             right.getFamilyLength());
       }
       // If midRow is null, just return 'right'. Can't do optimization.
-      if (midRow == null) return right;
+      if (midRow == null) {
+        return right;
+      }
       // Return new Cell where we use right row and then a mid sort family.
       return PrivateCellUtil.createFirstOnRowFamily(right, midRow, 0, midRow.length);
     }
@@ -450,7 +443,9 @@
             right.getQualifierLength());
       }
       // If midRow is null, just return 'right'. Can't do optimization.
-      if (midRow == null) return right;
+      if (midRow == null) {
+        return right;
+      }
       // Return new Cell where we use right row and family and then a mid sort qualifier.
       return PrivateCellUtil.createFirstOnRowCol(right, midRow, 0, midRow.length);
     }
@@ -459,12 +454,6 @@
   }
 
   /**
-   * @param leftArray
-   * @param leftOffset
-   * @param leftLength
-   * @param rightArray
-   * @param rightOffset
-   * @param rightLength
    * @return Return a new array that is between left and right and minimally
    *         sized else just return null as indicator that we could not create a
    *         mid point.
@@ -566,8 +555,6 @@
 
   /**
    * Ready a new block for writing.
-   *
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   protected void newBlock() throws IOException {
     // This is where the next block begins.
@@ -678,7 +665,7 @@
         dataBlockIndexWriter.getTotalUncompressedSize());
     trailer.setFirstDataBlockOffset(firstDataBlockOffset);
     trailer.setLastDataBlockOffset(lastDataBlockOffset);
-    trailer.setComparatorClass(comparator.getClass());
+    trailer.setComparatorClass(this.hFileContext.getCellComparator().getClass());
     trailer.setDataIndexCount(dataBlockIndexWriter.getNumRootEntries());
 
 
@@ -704,8 +691,9 @@
 
   private void addBloomFilter(final BloomFilterWriter bfw,
       final BlockType blockType) {
-    if (bfw.getKeyCount() <= 0)
+    if (bfw.getKeyCount() <= 0) {
       return;
+    }
 
     if (blockType != BlockType.GENERAL_BLOOM_META &&
         blockType != BlockType.DELETE_FAMILY_BLOOM_META) {
@@ -722,8 +710,9 @@
       public void writeToBlock(DataOutput out) throws IOException {
         bfw.getMetaWriter().write(out);
         Writable dataWriter = bfw.getDataWriter();
-        if (dataWriter != null)
+        if (dataWriter != null) {
           dataWriter.write(out);
+        }
       }
     });
   }
@@ -739,7 +728,6 @@
    *
    * @param cell
    *          Cell to add. Cannot be empty nor null.
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   @Override
   public void append(final Cell cell) throws IOException {
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mob/MobUtils.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mob/MobUtils.java
index 1d36446..1c00e25 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mob/MobUtils.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mob/MobUtils.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/**
+/*
  *
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
@@ -35,13 +35,11 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.SynchronousQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Cell;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.PrivateCellUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableName;
@@ -124,7 +122,6 @@
    * Parses the string to a date.
    * @param dateString The string format of a date, it's yyyymmdd.
    * @return A date.
-   * @throws ParseException
    */
   public static Date parseDate(String dateString) throws ParseException {
     return LOCAL_FORMAT.get().parse(dateString);
@@ -288,7 +285,6 @@
    * @param columnDescriptor The descriptor of the current column family.
    * @param cacheConfig The cacheConfig that disables the block cache.
    * @param current The current time.
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   public static void cleanExpiredMobFiles(FileSystem fs, Configuration conf, TableName tableName,
       ColumnFamilyDescriptor columnDescriptor, CacheConfig cacheConfig, long current)
@@ -384,7 +380,6 @@
    * Gets the qualified root dir of the mob files.
    * @param conf The current configuration.
    * @return The qualified root dir.
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   public static Path getQualifiedMobRootDir(Configuration conf) throws IOException {
     Path hbaseDir = new Path(conf.get(HConstants.HBASE_DIR));
@@ -505,7 +500,6 @@
    * @param tableDir The table directory.
    * @param family The name of the column family.
    * @param storeFiles The files to be deleted.
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   public static void removeMobFiles(Configuration conf, FileSystem fs, TableName tableName,
       Path tableDir, byte[] family, Collection<HStoreFile> storeFiles) throws IOException {
@@ -556,7 +550,6 @@
    * @param cryptoContext The encryption context.
    * @param isCompaction If the writer is used in compaction.
    * @return The writer for the mob file.
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   public static StoreFileWriter createWriter(Configuration conf, FileSystem fs,
       ColumnFamilyDescriptor family, String date, Path basePath, long maxKeyCount,
@@ -580,7 +573,6 @@
    * @param cryptoContext The encryption context.
    * @param isCompaction If the writer is used in compaction.
    * @return The writer for the mob file.
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   public static StoreFileWriter createRefFileWriter(Configuration conf, FileSystem fs,
     ColumnFamilyDescriptor family, Path basePath, long maxKeyCount, CacheConfig cacheConfig,
@@ -607,7 +599,6 @@
    * @param cryptoContext The encryption context.
    * @param isCompaction If the writer is used in compaction.
    * @return The writer for the mob file.
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   public static StoreFileWriter createWriter(Configuration conf, FileSystem fs,
       ColumnFamilyDescriptor family, String date, Path basePath, long maxKeyCount,
@@ -633,7 +624,6 @@
    * @param cacheConfig The current cache config.
    * @param cryptoContext The encryption context.
    * @return The writer for the del file.
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   public static StoreFileWriter createDelFileWriter(Configuration conf, FileSystem fs,
       ColumnFamilyDescriptor family, String date, Path basePath, long maxKeyCount,
@@ -660,10 +650,9 @@
    * @param cryptoContext The encryption context.
    * @param isCompaction If the writer is used in compaction.
    * @return The writer for the mob file.
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   public static StoreFileWriter createWriter(Configuration conf, FileSystem fs,
-                                             ColumnFamilyDescriptor family, MobFileName mobFileName, Path basePath, long maxKeyCount,
+      ColumnFamilyDescriptor family, MobFileName mobFileName, Path basePath, long maxKeyCount,
       Compression.Algorithm compression, CacheConfig cacheConfig, Encryption.Context cryptoContext,
       boolean isCompaction)
       throws IOException {
@@ -689,7 +678,6 @@
    * @param bloomType The bloom filter type.
    * @param isCompaction If the writer is used in compaction.
    * @return The writer for the mob file.
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   public static StoreFileWriter createWriter(Configuration conf, FileSystem fs,
       ColumnFamilyDescriptor family, Path path, long maxKeyCount,
@@ -718,8 +706,7 @@
         .withCreateTime(EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTime()).build();
 
     StoreFileWriter w = new StoreFileWriter.Builder(conf, writerCacheConf, fs)
-        .withFilePath(path)
-        .withComparator(CellComparator.getInstance()).withBloomType(bloomType)
+        .withFilePath(path).withBloomType(bloomType)
         .withMaxKeyCount(maxKeyCount).withFileContext(hFileContext).build();
     return w;
   }
@@ -732,7 +719,6 @@
    * @param targetPath The directory path where the source file is renamed to.
    * @param cacheConfig The current cache config.
    * @return The target file path the source file is renamed to.
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   public static Path commitFile(Configuration conf, FileSystem fs, final Path sourceFile,
       Path targetPath, CacheConfig cacheConfig) throws IOException {
@@ -837,7 +823,8 @@
    * @param allFiles Whether add all mob files into the compaction.
    */
   public static void doMobCompaction(Configuration conf, FileSystem fs, TableName tableName,
-                                     ColumnFamilyDescriptor hcd, ExecutorService pool, boolean allFiles, LockManager.MasterLock lock)
+        ColumnFamilyDescriptor hcd, ExecutorService pool, boolean allFiles,
+        LockManager.MasterLock lock)
       throws IOException {
     String className = conf.get(MobConstants.MOB_COMPACTOR_CLASS_KEY,
         PartitionedMobCompactor.class.getName());
@@ -943,7 +930,8 @@
    * @param fileDate The date string parsed from the mob file name.
    * @return True if the mob file is expired.
    */
-  public static boolean isMobFileExpired(ColumnFamilyDescriptor column, long current, String fileDate) {
+  public static boolean isMobFileExpired(ColumnFamilyDescriptor column, long current,
+      String fileDate) {
     if (column.getMinVersions() > 0) {
       return false;
     }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HStore.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HStore.java
index dbc5876..fcdcb2c 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HStore.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HStore.java
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
 import java.util.function.ToLongFunction;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.LongStream;
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
@@ -132,7 +131,8 @@
  * not be called directly but by an HRegion manager.
  */
 @InterfaceAudience.Private
-public class HStore implements Store, HeapSize, StoreConfigInformation, PropagatingConfigurationObserver {
+public class HStore implements Store, HeapSize, StoreConfigInformation,
+    PropagatingConfigurationObserver {
   public static final String MEMSTORE_CLASS_NAME = "hbase.regionserver.memstore.class";
   public static final String COMPACTCHECKER_INTERVAL_MULTIPLIER_KEY =
       "hbase.server.compactchecker.interval.multiplier";
@@ -237,11 +237,8 @@
 
   /**
    * Constructor
-   * @param region
    * @param family HColumnDescriptor for this column
-   * @param confParam configuration object
-   * failed.  Can be null.
-   * @throws IOException
+   * @param confParam configuration object failed.  Can be null.
    */
   protected HStore(final HRegion region, final ColumnFamilyDescriptor family,
       final Configuration confParam, boolean warmup) throws IOException {
@@ -399,7 +396,6 @@
   }
 
   /**
-   * @param family
    * @return TTL in seconds of the specified family
    */
   public static long determineTTLFromFamily(final ColumnFamilyDescriptor family) {
@@ -521,6 +517,7 @@
    * @param hri {@link RegionInfo} for the region.
    * @param family {@link ColumnFamilyDescriptor} describing the column family
    * @return Path to family/Store home directory.
+   * @deprecated Since 05/05/2013, HBase-7808, hbase-1.0.0
    */
   @Deprecated
   public static Path getStoreHomedir(final Path tabledir,
@@ -533,6 +530,7 @@
    * @param encodedName Encoded region name.
    * @param family {@link ColumnFamilyDescriptor} describing the column family
    * @return Path to family/Store home directory.
+   * @deprecated Since 05/05/2013, HBase-7808, hbase-1.0.0
    */
   @Deprecated
   public static Path getStoreHomedir(final Path tabledir,
@@ -558,7 +556,6 @@
   /**
    * Creates an unsorted list of StoreFile loaded in parallel
    * from the given directory.
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   private List<HStoreFile> loadStoreFiles(boolean warmup) throws IOException {
     Collection<StoreFileInfo> files = fs.getStoreFiles(getColumnFamilyName());
@@ -574,7 +571,8 @@
     ThreadPoolExecutor storeFileOpenerThreadPool =
       this.region.getStoreFileOpenAndCloseThreadPool("StoreFileOpenerThread-"
         + this.region.getRegionInfo().getEncodedName() + "-" + this.getColumnFamilyName());
-    CompletionService<HStoreFile> completionService = new ExecutorCompletionService<>(storeFileOpenerThreadPool);
+    CompletionService<HStoreFile> completionService =
+      new ExecutorCompletionService<>(storeFileOpenerThreadPool);
 
     int totalValidStoreFile = 0;
     for (StoreFileInfo storeFileInfo : files) {
@@ -596,9 +594,13 @@
             compactedStoreFiles.addAll(storeFile.getCompactedStoreFiles());
           }
         } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-          if (ioe == null) ioe = new InterruptedIOException(e.getMessage());
+          if (ioe == null) {
+            ioe = new InterruptedIOException(e.getMessage());
+          }
         } catch (ExecutionException e) {
-          if (ioe == null) ioe = new IOException(e.getCause());
+          if (ioe == null) {
+            ioe = new IOException(e.getCause());
+          }
         }
       }
     } finally {
@@ -650,7 +652,6 @@
   /**
    * Replaces the store files that the store has with the given files. Mainly used by secondary
    * region replicas to keep up to date with the primary region files.
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   public void refreshStoreFiles(Collection<String> newFiles) throws IOException {
     List<StoreFileInfo> storeFiles = new ArrayList<>(newFiles.size());
@@ -665,15 +666,20 @@
    * been opened, and removes the store file readers for store files no longer
    * available. Mainly used by secondary region replicas to keep up to date with
    * the primary region files.
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   private void refreshStoreFilesInternal(Collection<StoreFileInfo> newFiles) throws IOException {
     StoreFileManager sfm = storeEngine.getStoreFileManager();
     Collection<HStoreFile> currentFiles = sfm.getStorefiles();
     Collection<HStoreFile> compactedFiles = sfm.getCompactedfiles();
-    if (currentFiles == null) currentFiles = Collections.emptySet();
-    if (newFiles == null) newFiles = Collections.emptySet();
-    if (compactedFiles == null) compactedFiles = Collections.emptySet();
+    if (currentFiles == null) {
+      currentFiles = Collections.emptySet();
+    }
+    if (newFiles == null) {
+      newFiles = Collections.emptySet();
+    }
+    if (compactedFiles == null) {
+      compactedFiles = Collections.emptySet();
+    }
 
     HashMap<StoreFileInfo, HStoreFile> currentFilesSet = new HashMap<>(currentFiles.size());
     for (HStoreFile sf : currentFiles) {
@@ -868,12 +874,13 @@
           }
           prevCell = cell;
         } while (scanner.next());
-      LOG.info("Full verification complete for bulk load hfile: " + srcPath.toString()
-         + " took " + (EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTime() - verificationStartTime)
-         + " ms");
+        LOG.info("Full verification complete for bulk load hfile: " + srcPath.toString() +
+          " took " + (EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTime() - verificationStartTime) + " ms");
       }
     } finally {
-      if (reader != null) reader.close();
+      if (reader != null) {
+        reader.close();
+      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -881,7 +888,6 @@
    * This method should only be called from Region. It is assumed that the ranges of values in the
    * HFile fit within the stores assigned region. (assertBulkLoadHFileOk checks this)
    *
-   * @param srcPathStr
    * @param seqNum sequence Id associated with the HFile
    */
   public Pair<Path, Path> preBulkLoadHFile(String srcPathStr, long seqNum) throws IOException {
@@ -993,13 +999,17 @@
                 ioe.initCause(e);
               }
             } catch (ExecutionException e) {
-              if (ioe == null) ioe = new IOException(e.getCause());
+              if (ioe == null) {
+                ioe = new IOException(e.getCause());
+              }
             }
           }
         } finally {
           storeFileCloserThreadPool.shutdownNow();
         }
-        if (ioe != null) throw ioe;
+        if (ioe != null) {
+          throw ioe;
+        }
       }
       LOG.trace("Closed {}", this);
       return result;
@@ -1027,9 +1037,6 @@
   /**
    * Write out current snapshot. Presumes {@link #snapshot()} has been called previously.
    * @param logCacheFlushId flush sequence number
-   * @param snapshot
-   * @param status
-   * @param throughputController
    * @return The path name of the tmp file to which the store was flushed
    * @throws IOException if exception occurs during process
    */
@@ -1081,10 +1088,7 @@
 
   /**
    * @param path The pathname of the tmp file into which the store was flushed
-   * @param logCacheFlushId
-   * @param status
    * @return store file created.
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   private HStoreFile commitFile(Path path, long logCacheFlushId, MonitoredTask status)
       throws IOException {
@@ -1107,7 +1111,6 @@
   }
 
   /**
-   * @param maxKeyCount
    * @param compression Compression algorithm to use
    * @param isCompaction whether we are creating a new file in a compaction
    * @param includeMVCCReadpoint - whether to include MVCC or not
@@ -1162,7 +1165,6 @@
     StoreFileWriter.Builder builder = new StoreFileWriter.Builder(conf, writerCacheConf,
         this.getFileSystem())
             .withOutputDir(familyTempDir)
-            .withComparator(comparator)
             .withBloomType(family.getBloomFilterType())
             .withMaxKeyCount(maxKeyCount)
             .withFavoredNodes(favoredNodes)
@@ -1192,6 +1194,7 @@
                                 .withColumnFamily(family.getName())
                                 .withTableName(region.getTableDescriptor()
                                     .getTableName().getName())
+                                .withCellComparator(this.comparator)
                                 .build();
     return hFileContext;
   }
@@ -1204,8 +1207,6 @@
   /**
    * Change storeFiles adding into place the Reader produced by this new flush.
    * @param sfs Store files
-   * @param snapshotId
-   * @throws IOException
    * @return Whether compaction is required.
    */
   private boolean updateStorefiles(List<HStoreFile> sfs, long snapshotId) throws IOException {
@@ -1237,7 +1238,6 @@
 
   /**
    * Notify all observers that set of Readers has changed.
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   private void notifyChangedReadersObservers(List<HStoreFile> sfs) throws IOException {
     for (ChangedReadersObserver o : this.changedReaderObservers) {
@@ -1454,7 +1454,6 @@
    * See HBASE-2231 for details.
    *
    * @param compaction compaction details obtained from requestCompaction()
-   * @throws IOException
    * @return Storefile we compacted into or null if we failed or opted out early.
    */
   public List<HStoreFile> compact(CompactionContext compaction,
@@ -1521,8 +1520,8 @@
     return sfs;
   }
 
-  private List<HStoreFile> moveCompactedFilesIntoPlace(CompactionRequestImpl cr, List<Path> newFiles,
-      User user) throws IOException {
+  private List<HStoreFile> moveCompactedFilesIntoPlace(CompactionRequestImpl cr,
+      List<Path> newFiles, User user) throws IOException {
     List<HStoreFile> sfs = new ArrayList<>(newFiles.size());
     for (Path newFile : newFiles) {
       assert newFile != null;
@@ -1560,7 +1559,8 @@
         newFiles.stream().map(HStoreFile::getPath).collect(Collectors.toList());
     RegionInfo info = this.region.getRegionInfo();
     CompactionDescriptor compactionDescriptor = ProtobufUtil.toCompactionDescriptor(info,
-        family.getName(), inputPaths, outputPaths, fs.getStoreDir(getColumnFamilyDescriptor().getNameAsString()));
+        family.getName(), inputPaths, outputPaths,
+      fs.getStoreDir(getColumnFamilyDescriptor().getNameAsString()));
     // Fix reaching into Region to get the maxWaitForSeqId.
     // Does this method belong in Region altogether given it is making so many references up there?
     // Could be Region#writeCompactionMarker(compactionDescriptor);
@@ -1664,7 +1664,6 @@
    * Call to complete a compaction. Its for the case where we find in the WAL a compaction
    * that was not finished.  We could find one recovering a WAL after a regionserver crash.
    * See HBASE-2231.
-   * @param compaction
    */
   public void replayCompactionMarker(CompactionDescriptor compaction, boolean pickCompactionFiles,
       boolean removeFiles) throws IOException {
@@ -1917,7 +1916,9 @@
   }
 
   private void removeUnneededFiles() throws IOException {
-    if (!conf.getBoolean("hbase.store.delete.expired.storefile", true)) return;
+    if (!conf.getBoolean("hbase.store.delete.expired.storefile", true)) {
+      return;
+    }
     if (getColumnFamilyDescriptor().getMinVersions() > 0) {
       LOG.debug("Skipping expired store file removal due to min version being {}",
           getColumnFamilyDescriptor().getMinVersions());
@@ -2120,7 +2121,6 @@
    * @param readPt the read point of the current scane
    * @param includeMemstoreScanner whether the current scanner should include memstorescanner
    * @return list of scanners recreated on the current Scanners
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   public List<KeyValueScanner> recreateScanners(List<KeyValueScanner> currentFileScanners,
       boolean cacheBlocks, boolean usePread, boolean isCompaction, ScanQueryMatcher matcher,
@@ -2319,7 +2319,6 @@
    * This operation is atomic on each KeyValue (row/family/qualifier) but not necessarily atomic
    * across all of them.
    * @param readpoint readpoint below which we can safely remove duplicate KVs
-   * @throws IOException
    */
   public void upsert(Iterable<Cell> cells, long readpoint, MemStoreSizing memstoreSizing)
       throws IOException {
@@ -2433,7 +2432,6 @@
      * snapshot depending on dropMemstoreSnapshot argument.
      * @param fileNames names of the flushed files
      * @param dropMemstoreSnapshot whether to drop the prepared memstore snapshot
-     * @throws IOException
      */
     @Override
     public void replayFlush(List<String> fileNames, boolean dropMemstoreSnapshot)
@@ -2465,7 +2463,6 @@
 
     /**
      * Abort the snapshot preparation. Drops the snapshot if any.
-     * @throws IOException
      */
     @Override
     public void abort() throws IOException {
@@ -2720,7 +2717,8 @@
         LOG.debug("Moving the files {} to archive", filesToRemove);
         // Only if this is successful it has to be removed
         try {
-          this.fs.removeStoreFiles(this.getColumnFamilyDescriptor().getNameAsString(), filesToRemove);
+          this.fs.removeStoreFiles(this.getColumnFamilyDescriptor().getNameAsString(),
+            filesToRemove);
         } catch (FailedArchiveException fae) {
           // Even if archiving some files failed, we still need to clear out any of the
           // files which were successfully archived.  Otherwise we will receive a
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/StoreFileWriter.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/StoreFileWriter.java
index 7b4fb4a..02665a3 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/StoreFileWriter.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/StoreFileWriter.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HStoreFile.MAX_SEQ_ID_KEY;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HStoreFile.MOB_CELLS_COUNT;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HStoreFile.TIMERANGE_KEY;
-
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -37,15 +36,13 @@
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Cell;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.PrivateCellUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValue;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.PrivateCellUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.ColumnFamilyDescriptorBuilder;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.CacheConfig;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.HFile;
@@ -62,9 +59,7 @@
 import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
 import org.apache.hbase.thirdparty.com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.protobuf.ProtobufUtil;
 
 /**
@@ -94,7 +89,6 @@
    * @param fs                     file system to write to
    * @param path                   file name to create
    * @param conf                   user configuration
-   * @param comparator             key comparator
    * @param bloomType              bloom filter setting
    * @param maxKeys                the expected maximum number of keys to be added. Was used
    *                               for Bloom filter size in {@link HFile} format version 1.
@@ -105,15 +99,14 @@
    * @throws IOException problem writing to FS
    */
   private StoreFileWriter(FileSystem fs, Path path, final Configuration conf, CacheConfig cacheConf,
-      final CellComparator comparator, BloomType bloomType, long maxKeys,
-      InetSocketAddress[] favoredNodes, HFileContext fileContext, boolean shouldDropCacheBehind,
-      Supplier<Collection<HStoreFile>> compactedFilesSupplier) throws IOException {
+      BloomType bloomType, long maxKeys, InetSocketAddress[] favoredNodes, HFileContext fileContext,
+      boolean shouldDropCacheBehind, Supplier<Collection<HStoreFile>> compactedFilesSupplier)
+        throws IOException {
     this.compactedFilesSupplier = compactedFilesSupplier;
     this.timeRangeTracker = TimeRangeTracker.create(TimeRangeTracker.Type.NON_SYNC);
     // TODO : Change all writers to be specifically created for compaction context
     writer = HFile.getWriterFactory(conf, cacheConf)
         .withPath(fs, path)
-        .withComparator(comparator)
         .withFavoredNodes(favoredNodes)
         .withFileContext(fileContext)
         .withShouldDropCacheBehind(shouldDropCacheBehind)
@@ -135,14 +128,16 @@
       // init bloom context
       switch (bloomType) {
         case ROW:
-          bloomContext = new RowBloomContext(generalBloomFilterWriter, comparator);
+          bloomContext =
+            new RowBloomContext(generalBloomFilterWriter, fileContext.getCellComparator());
           break;
         case ROWCOL:
-          bloomContext = new RowColBloomContext(generalBloomFilterWriter, comparator);
+          bloomContext =
+            new RowColBloomContext(generalBloomFilterWriter, fileContext.getCellComparator());
           break;
         case ROWPREFIX_FIXED_LENGTH:
-          bloomContext = new RowPrefixFixedLengthBloomContext(generalBloomFilterWriter, comparator,
-              Bytes.toInt(bloomParam));
+          bloomContext = new RowPrefixFixedLengthBloomContext(generalBloomFilterWriter,
+            fileContext.getCellComparator(), Bytes.toInt(bloomParam));
           break;
         default:
           throw new IOException(
@@ -159,7 +154,8 @@
       this.deleteFamilyBloomFilterWriter = BloomFilterFactory
           .createDeleteBloomAtWrite(conf, cacheConf,
               (int) Math.min(maxKeys, Integer.MAX_VALUE), writer);
-      deleteFamilyBloomContext = new RowBloomContext(deleteFamilyBloomFilterWriter, comparator);
+      deleteFamilyBloomContext =
+        new RowBloomContext(deleteFamilyBloomFilterWriter, fileContext.getCellComparator());
     } else {
       deleteFamilyBloomFilterWriter = null;
     }
@@ -396,7 +392,6 @@
   }
 
   /**
-   * @param fs
    * @param dir Directory to create file in.
    * @return random filename inside passed <code>dir</code>
    */
@@ -414,7 +409,6 @@
     private final CacheConfig cacheConf;
     private final FileSystem fs;
 
-    private CellComparator comparator = CellComparator.getInstance();
     private BloomType bloomType = BloomType.NONE;
     private long maxKeyCount = 0;
     private Path dir;
@@ -473,12 +467,6 @@
       return this;
     }
 
-    public Builder withComparator(CellComparator comparator) {
-      Preconditions.checkNotNull(comparator);
-      this.comparator = comparator;
-      return this;
-    }
-
     public Builder withBloomType(BloomType bloomType) {
       Preconditions.checkNotNull(bloomType);
       this.bloomType = bloomType;
@@ -545,11 +533,7 @@
         }
       }
 
-      if (comparator == null) {
-        comparator = CellComparator.getInstance();
-      }
-
-      return new StoreFileWriter(fs, filePath, conf, cacheConf, comparator, bloomType, maxKeyCount,
+      return new StoreFileWriter(fs, filePath, conf, cacheConf, bloomType, maxKeyCount,
           favoredNodes, fileContext, shouldDropCacheBehind, compactedFilesSupplier);
     }
   }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/wal/BoundedRecoveredHFilesOutputSink.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/wal/BoundedRecoveredHFilesOutputSink.java
index 96ab8e6..406e90d 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/wal/BoundedRecoveredHFilesOutputSink.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/wal/BoundedRecoveredHFilesOutputSink.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.wal;
 
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableName.META_TABLE_NAME;
-
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InterruptedIOException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
-
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
@@ -208,7 +206,7 @@
             .withFilePath(outputFile);
     HFileContextBuilder hFileContextBuilder = new HFileContextBuilder();
     if (isMetaTable) {
-      writerBuilder.withComparator(CellComparatorImpl.META_COMPARATOR);
+      hFileContextBuilder.withCellComparator(CellComparatorImpl.META_COMPARATOR);
     } else {
       configContextForNonMetaWriter(tableName, familyName, hFileContextBuilder, writerBuilder);
     }
@@ -224,9 +222,9 @@
     TableDescriptor tableDesc = tableDescCache.get(tableName);
     ColumnFamilyDescriptor cfd = tableDesc.getColumnFamily(Bytes.toBytesBinary(familyName));
     hFileContextBuilder.withCompression(cfd.getCompressionType()).withBlockSize(cfd.getBlocksize())
-        .withCompressTags(cfd.isCompressTags()).withDataBlockEncoding(cfd.getDataBlockEncoding());
-    writerBuilder.withBloomType(cfd.getBloomFilterType())
-        .withComparator(CellComparatorImpl.COMPARATOR);
+        .withCompressTags(cfd.isCompressTags()).withDataBlockEncoding(cfd.getDataBlockEncoding())
+        .withCellComparator(CellComparatorImpl.COMPARATOR);
+    writerBuilder.withBloomType(cfd.getBloomFilterType());
   }
 
   private void checkPathValid(Path outputFile) throws IOException {
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HFilePerformanceEvaluation.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HFilePerformanceEvaluation.java
index 90fb8a3..2c4209c 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HFilePerformanceEvaluation.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HFilePerformanceEvaluation.java
@@ -380,7 +380,6 @@
       writer = HFile.getWriterFactoryNoCache(conf)
           .withPath(fs, mf)
           .withFileContext(hFileContext)
-          .withComparator(CellComparator.getInstance())
           .create();
     }
     
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/TestDataBlockEncoders.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/TestDataBlockEncoders.java
index 569ede2..3f21f0c 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/TestDataBlockEncoders.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/TestDataBlockEncoders.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/**
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -206,8 +206,8 @@
                           .withIncludesTags(includesTags)
                           .withCompression(Compression.Algorithm.NONE)
                           .build();
-      DataBlockEncoder.EncodedSeeker seeker = encoder.createSeeker(CellComparatorImpl.COMPARATOR,
-          encoder.newDataBlockDecodingContext(meta));
+      DataBlockEncoder.EncodedSeeker seeker =
+        encoder.createSeeker(encoder.newDataBlockDecodingContext(meta));
       seeker.setCurrentBuffer(new SingleByteBuff(encodedBuffer));
       encodedSeekers.add(seeker);
     }
@@ -279,8 +279,8 @@
                           .withIncludesTags(includesTags)
                           .withCompression(Compression.Algorithm.NONE)
                           .build();
-      DataBlockEncoder.EncodedSeeker seeker = encoder.createSeeker(CellComparatorImpl.COMPARATOR,
-          encoder.newDataBlockDecodingContext(meta));
+      DataBlockEncoder.EncodedSeeker seeker =
+        encoder.createSeeker(encoder.newDataBlockDecodingContext(meta));
       seeker.setCurrentBuffer(new SingleByteBuff(encodedBuffer));
       int i = 0;
       do {
@@ -341,8 +341,8 @@
     HFileContext meta =
         new HFileContextBuilder().withHBaseCheckSum(false).withIncludesMvcc(includesMemstoreTS)
             .withIncludesTags(includesTags).withCompression(Compression.Algorithm.NONE).build();
-    DataBlockEncoder.EncodedSeeker seeker = encoder.createSeeker(CellComparatorImpl.COMPARATOR,
-      encoder.newDataBlockDecodingContext(meta));
+    DataBlockEncoder.EncodedSeeker seeker =
+      encoder.createSeeker(encoder.newDataBlockDecodingContext(meta));
     seeker.setCurrentBuffer(new SingleByteBuff(encodedBuffer));
     Cell cell = seeker.getCell();
     Assert.assertEquals(expectedKV.getLength(), ((KeyValue) cell).getLength());
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/TestSeekToBlockWithEncoders.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/TestSeekToBlockWithEncoders.java
index e7b1426..d9f22bc 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/TestSeekToBlockWithEncoders.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/encoding/TestSeekToBlockWithEncoders.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Cell;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparatorImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseClassTestRule;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseCommonTestingUtility;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
@@ -290,8 +289,8 @@
           HFILEBLOCK_DUMMY_HEADER, meta);
       ByteBuffer encodedBuffer = TestDataBlockEncoders.encodeKeyValues(encoding, kvs,
           encodingContext, this.useOffheapData);
-      DataBlockEncoder.EncodedSeeker seeker = encoder.createSeeker(CellComparatorImpl.COMPARATOR,
-          encoder.newDataBlockDecodingContext(meta));
+      DataBlockEncoder.EncodedSeeker seeker =
+        encoder.createSeeker(encoder.newDataBlockDecodingContext(meta));
       seeker.setCurrentBuffer(new SingleByteBuff(encodedBuffer));
       encodedSeekers.add(seeker);
     }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestCacheOnWrite.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestCacheOnWrite.java
index cb7042a..609ff9d 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestCacheOnWrite.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestCacheOnWrite.java
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ArrayBackedTag;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparatorImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseClassTestRule;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseCommonTestingUtility;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
@@ -394,7 +393,7 @@
         .withDataBlockEncoding(NoOpDataBlockEncoder.INSTANCE.getDataBlockEncoding())
         .withIncludesTags(useTags).build();
     StoreFileWriter sfw = new StoreFileWriter.Builder(conf, cacheConf, fs)
-        .withOutputDir(storeFileParentDir).withComparator(CellComparatorImpl.COMPARATOR)
+        .withOutputDir(storeFileParentDir)
         .withFileContext(meta)
         .withBloomType(BLOOM_TYPE).withMaxKeyCount(NUM_KV).build();
     byte[] cf = Bytes.toBytes("fam");
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestFixedFileTrailer.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestFixedFileTrailer.java
index d25ce47..14006a8 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestFixedFileTrailer.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestFixedFileTrailer.java
@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@
           t.createComparator(KeyValue.META_COMPARATOR.getClass().getName()).getClass());
       assertEquals(CellComparatorImpl.MetaCellComparator.class, t.createComparator(
           CellComparatorImpl.MetaCellComparator.META_COMPARATOR.getClass().getName()).getClass());
+      assertEquals(CellComparatorImpl.META_COMPARATOR.getClass(), t.createComparator(
+        CellComparatorImpl.MetaCellComparator.META_COMPARATOR.getClass().getName()).getClass());
+      assertEquals(CellComparatorImpl.COMPARATOR.getClass(), t.createComparator(
+        CellComparatorImpl.MetaCellComparator.COMPARATOR.getClass().getName()).getClass());
       assertNull(t.createComparator(Bytes.BYTES_RAWCOMPARATOR.getClass().getName()));
       assertNull(t.createComparator("org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValue$RawBytesComparator"));
     } catch (IOException e) {
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestHFile.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestHFile.java
index ef7400d..b3010ed 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestHFile.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestHFile.java
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellBuilder;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellBuilderFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellBuilderType;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparatorImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ExtendedCellBuilderFactory;
@@ -277,7 +276,7 @@
     HFileContext meta = new HFileContextBuilder().withBlockSize(64 * 1024).build();
     StoreFileWriter sfw =
         new StoreFileWriter.Builder(conf, fs).withOutputDir(storeFileParentDir)
-            .withComparator(CellComparatorImpl.COMPARATOR).withFileContext(meta).build();
+          .withFileContext(meta).build();
 
     final int rowLen = 32;
     Random RNG = new Random();
@@ -360,7 +359,7 @@
         .withCompressTags(false)
         .build();
     HFileWriterImpl writer = new HFileWriterImpl(conf, cacheConf, path, mockedOutputStream,
-        CellComparator.getInstance(), fileContext);
+      fileContext);
     CellBuilder cellBuilder = CellBuilderFactory.create(CellBuilderType.SHALLOW_COPY);
     byte[] row = Bytes.toBytes("foo");
     byte[] qualifier = Bytes.toBytes("qualifier");
@@ -516,7 +515,6 @@
     Writer writer = HFile.getWriterFactory(conf, cacheConf)
         .withOutputStream(fout)
         .withFileContext(meta)
-        .withComparator(CellComparatorImpl.COMPARATOR)
         .create();
     LOG.info(Objects.toString(writer));
     writeRecords(writer, useTags);
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestHFileReaderImpl.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestHFileReaderImpl.java
index 41568b3..8c3a632 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestHFileReaderImpl.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestHFileReaderImpl.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Cell;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparatorImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseClassTestRule;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValue;
@@ -66,9 +65,8 @@
     HFileContext context =
         new HFileContextBuilder().withBlockSize(blocksize).withIncludesTags(true).build();
     Configuration conf = TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration();
-    HFile.Writer writer =
-        HFile.getWriterFactoryNoCache(conf).withOutputStream(fout).withFileContext(context)
-            .withComparator(CellComparatorImpl.COMPARATOR).create();
+    HFile.Writer writer = HFile.getWriterFactoryNoCache(conf)
+      .withOutputStream(fout).withFileContext(context).create();
     // 4 bytes * 3 * 2 for each key/value +
     // 3 for keys, 15 for values = 42 (woot)
     writer.append(toKV("c"));
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestHFileScannerImplReferenceCount.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestHFileScannerImplReferenceCount.java
index 47cbd85..e326ecc 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestHFileScannerImplReferenceCount.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestHFileScannerImplReferenceCount.java
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Cell;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparatorImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseClassTestRule;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
@@ -165,7 +164,7 @@
             .withCompression(compression).withDataBlockEncoding(encoding).build();
     try (HFile.Writer writer =
         new HFile.WriterFactory(conf, new CacheConfig(conf)).withPath(fs, hfilePath)
-            .withFileContext(context).withComparator(CellComparatorImpl.COMPARATOR).create()) {
+            .withFileContext(context).create()) {
       Random rand = new Random(9713312); // Just a fixed seed.
       for (int i = 0; i < cellCount; ++i) {
         byte[] keyBytes = Bytes.add(Bytes.toBytes(i), SUFFIX);
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestHFileSeek.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestHFileSeek.java
index 0dc3539..d6a97c3 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestHFileSeek.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestHFileSeek.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.RawLocalFileSystem;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparatorImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseClassTestRule;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValue;
@@ -142,7 +141,6 @@
       Writer writer = HFile.getWriterFactoryNoCache(conf)
           .withOutputStream(fout)
           .withFileContext(context)
-          .withComparator(CellComparatorImpl.COMPARATOR)
           .create();
       try {
         BytesWritable key = new BytesWritable();
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestHFileWriterV3.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestHFileWriterV3.java
index 4f4d36b..3cec836 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestHFileWriterV3.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestHFileWriterV3.java
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ArrayBackedTag;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Cell;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparator;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparatorImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseClassTestRule;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseCommonTestingUtility;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
@@ -132,7 +131,6 @@
     HFile.Writer writer = new HFile.WriterFactory(conf, cacheConfig)
             .withPath(fs, hfilePath)
             .withFileContext(context)
-            .withComparator(CellComparatorImpl.COMPARATOR)
             .create();
 
     Random rand = new Random(9713312); // Just a fixed seed.
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestPrefetch.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestPrefetch.java
index 1365680..da62e88 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestPrefetch.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestPrefetch.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparatorImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseClassTestRule;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
@@ -145,7 +144,6 @@
       .build();
     StoreFileWriter sfw = new StoreFileWriter.Builder(conf, cacheConf, fs)
       .withOutputDir(storeFileParentDir)
-      .withComparator(CellComparatorImpl.COMPARATOR)
       .withFileContext(meta)
       .build();
 
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestReseekTo.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestReseekTo.java
index 1ae861c..de68578 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestReseekTo.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestReseekTo.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataOutputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ArrayBackedTag;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparatorImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseClassTestRule;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
@@ -69,8 +68,6 @@
         TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration(), cacheConf)
             .withOutputStream(fout)
             .withFileContext(context)
-            // NOTE: This test is dependent on this deprecated nonstandard comparator
-            .withComparator(CellComparatorImpl.COMPARATOR)
             .create();
     int numberOfKeys = 1000;
 
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestSeekTo.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestSeekTo.java
index 9ab1f24..e45383a 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestSeekTo.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestSeekTo.java
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ArrayBackedTag;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ByteBufferKeyValue;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Cell;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparatorImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseClassTestRule;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
@@ -123,8 +122,7 @@
         .withIncludesTags(true).build();
     Configuration conf = TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration();
     HFile.Writer writer = HFile.getWriterFactoryNoCache(conf).withOutputStream(fout)
-        .withFileContext(context)
-        .withComparator(CellComparatorImpl.COMPARATOR).create();
+        .withFileContext(context).create();
     // 4 bytes * 3 * 2 for each key/value +
     // 3 for keys, 15 for values = 42 (woot)
     writer.append(toKV("c", tagUsage));
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/TestIgnoreUnknownFamily.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/TestIgnoreUnknownFamily.java
index a99ea7a..89ec68a 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/TestIgnoreUnknownFamily.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/procedure/TestIgnoreUnknownFamily.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.ColumnFamilyDescriptorBuilder;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.RegionInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.TableDescriptorBuilder;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.HFileContext;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.HFileContextBuilder;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.MasterFileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.StoreFileWriter;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.MasterTests;
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     Path familyDir = new Path(regionDir, Bytes.toString(UNKNOWN_FAMILY));
     StoreFileWriter writer =
         new StoreFileWriter.Builder(mfs.getConfiguration(), mfs.getFileSystem())
-            .withOutputDir(familyDir).withFileContext(new HFileContext()).build();
+            .withOutputDir(familyDir).withFileContext(new HFileContextBuilder().build()).build();
     writer.close();
   }
 
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestBulkLoad.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestBulkLoad.java
index 52d1ce7..ed9b33e 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestBulkLoad.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestBulkLoad.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValue;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableName;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.HFile;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.HFileContext;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.HFileContextBuilder;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.SmallTests;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Pair;
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
     FSDataOutputStream out = new FSDataOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(hFileLocation), null);
     try {
       hFileFactory.withOutputStream(out);
-      hFileFactory.withFileContext(new HFileContext());
+      hFileFactory.withFileContext(new HFileContextBuilder().build());
       HFile.Writer writer = hFileFactory.create();
       try {
         writer.append(new KeyValue(ExtendedCellBuilderFactory.create(CellBuilderType.DEEP_COPY)
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestBulkLoadReplication.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestBulkLoadReplication.java
index 063c70b..33ab4e3 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestBulkLoadReplication.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestBulkLoadReplication.java
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
       new FSDataOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(hFileLocation), null);
     try {
       hFileFactory.withOutputStream(out);
-      hFileFactory.withFileContext(new HFileContext());
+      hFileFactory.withFileContext(new HFileContextBuilder().build());
       HFile.Writer writer = hFileFactory.create();
       try {
         writer.append(new KeyValue(cellBuilder.build()));
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestGetClosestAtOrBefore.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestGetClosestAtOrBefore.java
index 1d31a4a..31aff48 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestGetClosestAtOrBefore.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestGetClosestAtOrBefore.java
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Objects;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
-import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Cell;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellUtil;
@@ -41,6 +39,8 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Delete;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Durability;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Put;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.RegionInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.RegionInfoBuilder;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Result;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Scan;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.TableDescriptor;
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@
 
 /**
  * TestGet is a medley of tests of get all done up as a single test.
- * This class
+ * It was originally written to test a method since removed, getClosestAtOrBefore
+ * but the test is retained because it runs some interesting exercises.
  */
 @Category({RegionServerTests.class, MediumTests.class})
 public class TestGetClosestAtOrBefore  {
@@ -88,7 +89,6 @@
 
   @Test
   public void testUsingMetaAndBinary() throws IOException {
-    FileSystem filesystem = FileSystem.get(conf);
     Path rootdir = UTIL.getDataTestDirOnTestFS();
     // Up flush size else we bind up when we use default catalog flush of 16k.
     TableDescriptors tds = new FSTableDescriptors(UTIL.getConfiguration());
@@ -103,13 +103,14 @@
         final int last = 128;
         final int interval = 2;
         for (int i = 0; i <= last; i += interval) {
-          HRegionInfo hri = new HRegionInfo(htd.getTableName(),
-            i == 0 ? HConstants.EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY : Bytes.toBytes((byte) i),
-            i == last ? HConstants.EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY : Bytes.toBytes((byte) i + interval));
-
+          RegionInfo hri = RegionInfoBuilder.newBuilder(htd.getTableName())
+            .setStartKey(i == 0 ? HConstants.EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY : Bytes.toBytes((byte)i))
+            .setEndKey(i == last ? HConstants.EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY :
+              Bytes.toBytes((byte)i + interval)).build();
           Put put =
             MetaTableAccessor.makePutFromRegionInfo(hri, EnvironmentEdgeManager.currentTime());
           put.setDurability(Durability.SKIP_WAL);
+          LOG.info("Put {}", put);
           mr.put(put);
         }
       }
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@
       try {
         List<Cell> keys = new ArrayList<>();
         while (s.next(keys)) {
-          LOG.info(Objects.toString(keys));
+          LOG.info("Scan {}", keys);
           keys.clear();
         }
       } finally {
@@ -133,13 +134,14 @@
       findRow(mr, 'C', 46, 46);
       findRow(mr, 'C', 43, 42);
       // Now delete 'C' and make sure I don't get entries from 'B'.
-      byte[] firstRowInC = HRegionInfo.createRegionName(TableName.valueOf("" + 'C'),
+      byte[] firstRowInC = RegionInfo.createRegionName(TableName.valueOf("" + 'C'),
         HConstants.EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY, HConstants.ZEROES, false);
-      Scan scan = new Scan(firstRowInC);
+      Scan scan = new Scan().withStartRow(firstRowInC);
       s = mr.getScanner(scan);
       try {
         List<Cell> keys = new ArrayList<>();
         while (s.next(keys)) {
+          LOG.info("Delete {}", keys);
           mr.delete(new Delete(CellUtil.cloneRow(keys.get(0))));
           keys.clear();
         }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestHRegionReplayEvents.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestHRegionReplayEvents.java
index 770ee8d..726d2c4 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestHRegionReplayEvents.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestHRegionReplayEvents.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.TableDescriptorBuilder;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.executor.ExecutorService;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.HFile;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.HFileContext;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.HFileContextBuilder;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion.FlushResultImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegion.PrepareFlushResult;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.throttle.NoLimitThroughputController;
@@ -1657,7 +1657,7 @@
     FSDataOutputStream out = TEST_UTIL.getTestFileSystem().create(testFile);
     try {
       hFileFactory.withOutputStream(out);
-      hFileFactory.withFileContext(new HFileContext());
+      hFileFactory.withFileContext(new HFileContextBuilder().build());
       HFile.Writer writer = hFileFactory.create();
       try {
         writer.append(new KeyValue(ExtendedCellBuilderFactory.create(CellBuilderType.DEEP_COPY)
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestScannerWithBulkload.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestScannerWithBulkload.java
index 94c8af5..aeeaf3d 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestScannerWithBulkload.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestScannerWithBulkload.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.TableDescriptorBuilder;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.HFile;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.HFileContext;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile.HFileContextBuilder;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.MediumTests;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.RegionServerTests;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.tool.BulkLoadHFiles;
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@
     Path path = new Path(pathStr);
     HFile.WriterFactory wf = HFile.getWriterFactoryNoCache(TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration());
     Assert.assertNotNull(wf);
-    HFileContext context = new HFileContext();
+    HFileContext context = new HFileContextBuilder().build();
     HFile.Writer writer = wf.withPath(fs, path).withFileContext(context).create();
     KeyValue kv = new KeyValue(Bytes.toBytes("row1"), Bytes.toBytes("col"), Bytes.toBytes("q"), l,
         Bytes.toBytes("version2"));
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestStoreScannerClosure.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestStoreScannerClosure.java
index 610d0b1..63e8360 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestStoreScannerClosure.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestStoreScannerClosure.java
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparator;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellComparatorImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseClassTestRule;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseTestingUtility;
@@ -184,7 +183,7 @@
     Path storeFileParentDir = new Path(TEST_UTIL.getDataTestDir(), "TestHFile");
     HFileContext meta = new HFileContextBuilder().withBlockSize(64 * 1024).build();
     StoreFileWriter sfw = new StoreFileWriter.Builder(CONF, fs).withOutputDir(storeFileParentDir)
-        .withComparator(CellComparatorImpl.COMPARATOR).withFileContext(meta).build();
+        .withFileContext(meta).build();
 
     final int rowLen = 32;
     Random RNG = new Random();