HADOOP-3119. Update javadoc for Text::getBytes to better describe its

behavior. Contributed by Tim Nelson.



git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop/core/trunk@653546 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

CHANGES.txt

@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ Trunk (unreleased changes)
 
     HADOOP-3031. Fix javac warnings in test classes. (cdouglas)
 
+    HADOOP-3119. Update javadoc for Text::getBytes to better describe its
+    behavior. (Tim Nelson via cdouglas)
+
 Release 0.17.0 - Unreleased
 
   INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES

src/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/Text.java

@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ public class Text implements WritableComparable {
     set(utf8);
   }
   
-  /** Retuns the raw bytes. */
+  /**
+   * Returns the raw bytes; however, only data up to {@link #getLength()} is
+   * valid.
+   */
   public byte[] getBytes() {
     return bytes;
   }