in spark/hbase-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/spark/DefaultSource.scala [623:638]
def mergeUnion(other:ScanRange): Unit = {
val upperBoundCompare = compareRange(upperBound, other.upperBound)
val lowerBoundCompare = compareRange(lowerBound, other.lowerBound)
upperBound = if (upperBoundCompare >0) upperBound else other.upperBound
lowerBound = if (lowerBoundCompare <0) lowerBound else other.lowerBound
isLowerBoundEqualTo = if (lowerBoundCompare == 0)
isLowerBoundEqualTo || other.isLowerBoundEqualTo
else if (lowerBoundCompare < 0) isLowerBoundEqualTo else other.isLowerBoundEqualTo
isUpperBoundEqualTo = if (upperBoundCompare == 0)
isUpperBoundEqualTo || other.isUpperBoundEqualTo
else if (upperBoundCompare < 0) other.isUpperBoundEqualTo else isUpperBoundEqualTo
}