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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift;

import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes.getBytes;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.TreeMap;
import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine;
import org.apache.commons.cli.Option;
import org.apache.commons.cli.OptionGroup;
import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseConfiguration;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HRegionInfo;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HTableDescriptor;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValue;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ServerName;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableName;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableNotFoundException;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Append;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Delete;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Durability;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Get;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HBaseAdmin;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HTable;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Increment;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.OperationWithAttributes;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Put;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Result;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.ResultScanner;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Scan;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter.Filter;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter.ParseFilter;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter.PrefixFilter;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter.WhileMatchFilter;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.CallQueue.Call;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.generated.AlreadyExists;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.generated.BatchMutation;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.generated.ColumnDescriptor;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.generated.Hbase;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.generated.IOError;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.generated.IllegalArgument;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.generated.Mutation;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.generated.TAppend;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.generated.TCell;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.generated.TIncrement;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.generated.TRegionInfo;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.generated.TRowResult;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.thrift.generated.TScan;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
import org.apache.thrift.TException;
import org.apache.thrift.protocol.TBinaryProtocol;
import org.apache.thrift.protocol.TCompactProtocol;
import org.apache.thrift.protocol.TProtocolFactory;
import org.apache.thrift.server.THsHaServer;
import org.apache.thrift.server.TNonblockingServer;
import org.apache.thrift.server.TServer;
import org.apache.thrift.server.TThreadedSelectorServer;
import org.apache.thrift.transport.TFramedTransport;
import org.apache.thrift.transport.TNonblockingServerSocket;
import org.apache.thrift.transport.TNonblockingServerTransport;
import org.apache.thrift.transport.TServerSocket;
import org.apache.thrift.transport.TServerTransport;
import org.apache.thrift.transport.TTransportFactory;

import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ThreadFactoryBuilder;

/**
 * ThriftServerRunner - this class starts up a Thrift server which implements
 * the Hbase API specified in the Hbase.thrift IDL file.
 */
@InterfaceAudience.Private
public class ThriftServerRunner implements Runnable {

    private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(ThriftServerRunner.class);

    static final String SERVER_TYPE_CONF_KEY = "hbase.regionserver.thrift.server.type";

    static final String BIND_CONF_KEY = "hbase.regionserver.thrift.ipaddress";
    static final String COMPACT_CONF_KEY = "hbase.regionserver.thrift.compact";
    static final String FRAMED_CONF_KEY = "hbase.regionserver.thrift.framed";
    static final String PORT_CONF_KEY = "hbase.regionserver.thrift.port";
    static final String COALESCE_INC_KEY = "hbase.regionserver.thrift.coalesceIncrement";

    private static final String DEFAULT_BIND_ADDR = "0.0.0.0";
    public static final int DEFAULT_LISTEN_PORT = 9090;
    private final int listenPort;

    private Configuration conf;
    volatile TServer tserver;
    private final Hbase.Iface handler;
    private final ThriftMetrics metrics;

    /** An enum of server implementation selections */
    enum ImplType {
        HS_HA("hsha", true, THsHaServer.class, true), NONBLOCKING("nonblocking", true, TNonblockingServer.class,
                true), THREAD_POOL("threadpool", false, TBoundedThreadPoolServer.class,
                        true), THREADED_SELECTOR("threadedselector", true, TThreadedSelectorServer.class, true);

        public static final ImplType DEFAULT = THREAD_POOL;

        final String option;
        final boolean isAlwaysFramed;
        final Class<? extends TServer> serverClass;
        final boolean canSpecifyBindIP;

        ImplType(String option, boolean isAlwaysFramed, Class<? extends TServer> serverClass,
                boolean canSpecifyBindIP) {
            this.option = option;
            this.isAlwaysFramed = isAlwaysFramed;
            this.serverClass = serverClass;
            this.canSpecifyBindIP = canSpecifyBindIP;
        }

        /**
         * @return <code>-option</code> so we can get the list of options from
         *         {@link #values()}
         */
        @Override
        public String toString() {
            return "-" + option;
        }

        String getDescription() {
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("Use the " + serverClass.getSimpleName());
            if (isAlwaysFramed) {
                sb.append(" This implies the framed transport.");
            }
            if (this == DEFAULT) {
                sb.append("This is the default.");
            }
            return sb.toString();
        }

        static OptionGroup createOptionGroup() {
            OptionGroup group = new OptionGroup();
            for (ImplType t : values()) {
                group.addOption(new Option(t.option, t.getDescription()));
            }
            return group;
        }

        static ImplType getServerImpl(Configuration conf) {
            String confType = conf.get(SERVER_TYPE_CONF_KEY, THREAD_POOL.option);
            for (ImplType t : values()) {
                if (confType.equals(t.option)) {
                    return t;
                }
            }
            throw new AssertionError("Unknown server ImplType.option:" + confType);
        }

        static void setServerImpl(CommandLine cmd, Configuration conf) {
            ImplType chosenType = null;
            int numChosen = 0;
            for (ImplType t : values()) {
                if (cmd.hasOption(t.option)) {
                    chosenType = t;
                    ++numChosen;
                }
            }
            if (numChosen < 1) {
                LOG.info("Using default thrift server type");
                chosenType = DEFAULT;
            } else if (numChosen > 1) {
                throw new AssertionError(
                        "Exactly one option out of " + Arrays.toString(values()) + " has to be specified");
            }
            LOG.info("Using thrift server type " + chosenType.option);
            conf.set(SERVER_TYPE_CONF_KEY, chosenType.option);
        }

        public String simpleClassName() {
            return serverClass.getSimpleName();
        }

        public static List<String> serversThatCannotSpecifyBindIP() {
            List<String> l = new ArrayList<String>();
            for (ImplType t : values()) {
                if (!t.canSpecifyBindIP) {
                    l.add(t.simpleClassName());
                }
            }
            return l;
        }

    }

    public ThriftServerRunner(Configuration conf) throws IOException {
        this(conf, new ThriftServerRunner.HBaseHandler(conf));
    }

    public ThriftServerRunner(Configuration conf, HBaseHandler handler) {
        this.conf = HBaseConfiguration.create(conf);
        this.listenPort = conf.getInt(PORT_CONF_KEY, DEFAULT_LISTEN_PORT);
        this.metrics = new ThriftMetrics(conf, ThriftMetrics.ThriftServerType.ONE);
        handler.initMetrics(metrics);
        this.handler = HbaseHandlerMetricsProxy.newInstance(handler, metrics, conf);
    }

    /*
     * Runs the Thrift server
     */
    @Override
    public void run() {
        try {
            setupServer();
            tserver.serve();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            LOG.fatal("Cannot run ThriftServer", e);
            // Crash the process if the ThriftServer is not running
            System.exit(-1);
        }
    }

    public void shutdown() {
        if (tserver != null) {
            tserver.stop();
            tserver = null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Setting up the thrift TServer
     */
    private void setupServer() throws Exception {
        // Construct correct ProtocolFactory
        TProtocolFactory protocolFactory;
        if (conf.getBoolean(COMPACT_CONF_KEY, false)) {
            LOG.debug("Using compact protocol");
            protocolFactory = new TCompactProtocol.Factory();
        } else {
            LOG.debug("Using binary protocol");
            protocolFactory = new TBinaryProtocol.Factory();
        }

        Hbase.Processor<Hbase.Iface> processor = new Hbase.Processor<Hbase.Iface>(handler);
        ImplType implType = ImplType.getServerImpl(conf);

        // Construct correct TransportFactory
        TTransportFactory transportFactory;
        if (conf.getBoolean(FRAMED_CONF_KEY, false) || implType.isAlwaysFramed) {
            transportFactory = new TFramedTransport.Factory();
            LOG.debug("Using framed transport");
        } else {
            transportFactory = new TTransportFactory();
        }

        if (conf.get(BIND_CONF_KEY) != null && !implType.canSpecifyBindIP) {
            LOG.error("Server types " + Joiner.on(", ").join(ImplType.serversThatCannotSpecifyBindIP())
                    + " don't support IP " + "address binding at the moment. See "
                    + "https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-2155 for details.");
            throw new RuntimeException("-" + BIND_CONF_KEY + " not supported with " + implType);
        }

        if (implType == ImplType.HS_HA || implType == ImplType.NONBLOCKING
                || implType == ImplType.THREADED_SELECTOR) {

            InetAddress listenAddress = getBindAddress(conf);
            TNonblockingServerTransport serverTransport = new TNonblockingServerSocket(
                    new InetSocketAddress(listenAddress, listenPort));

            if (implType == ImplType.NONBLOCKING) {
                TNonblockingServer.Args serverArgs = new TNonblockingServer.Args(serverTransport);
                serverArgs.processor(processor).transportFactory(transportFactory).protocolFactory(protocolFactory);
                tserver = new TNonblockingServer(serverArgs);
            } else if (implType == ImplType.HS_HA) {
                THsHaServer.Args serverArgs = new THsHaServer.Args(serverTransport);
                CallQueue callQueue = new CallQueue(new LinkedBlockingQueue<Call>(), metrics);
                ExecutorService executorService = createExecutor(callQueue, serverArgs.getWorkerThreads());
                serverArgs.executorService(executorService).processor(processor).transportFactory(transportFactory)
                        .protocolFactory(protocolFactory);
                tserver = new THsHaServer(serverArgs);
            } else { // THREADED_SELECTOR
                TThreadedSelectorServer.Args serverArgs = new HThreadedSelectorServerArgs(serverTransport, conf);
                CallQueue callQueue = new CallQueue(new LinkedBlockingQueue<Call>(), metrics);
                ExecutorService executorService = createExecutor(callQueue, serverArgs.getWorkerThreads());
                serverArgs.executorService(executorService).processor(processor).transportFactory(transportFactory)
                        .protocolFactory(protocolFactory);
                tserver = new TThreadedSelectorServer(serverArgs);
            }
            LOG.info("starting HBase " + implType.simpleClassName() + " server on " + Integer.toString(listenPort));
        } else if (implType == ImplType.THREAD_POOL) {
            // Thread pool server. Get the IP address to bind to.
            InetAddress listenAddress = getBindAddress(conf);

            TServerTransport serverTransport = new TServerSocket(new InetSocketAddress(listenAddress, listenPort));

            TBoundedThreadPoolServer.Args serverArgs = new TBoundedThreadPoolServer.Args(serverTransport, conf);
            serverArgs.processor(processor).transportFactory(transportFactory).protocolFactory(protocolFactory);
            LOG.info("starting " + ImplType.THREAD_POOL.simpleClassName() + " on " + listenAddress + ":"
                    + Integer.toString(listenPort) + "; " + serverArgs);
            TBoundedThreadPoolServer tserver = new TBoundedThreadPoolServer(serverArgs, metrics);
            this.tserver = tserver;
        } else {
            throw new AssertionError("Unsupported Thrift server implementation: " + implType.simpleClassName());
        }

        // A sanity check that we instantiated the right type of server.
        if (tserver.getClass() != implType.serverClass) {
            throw new AssertionError("Expected to create Thrift server class " + implType.serverClass.getName()
                    + " but got " + tserver.getClass().getName());
        }

        registerFilters(conf);
    }

    ExecutorService createExecutor(BlockingQueue<Runnable> callQueue, int workerThreads) {
        ThreadFactoryBuilder tfb = new ThreadFactoryBuilder();
        tfb.setDaemon(true);
        tfb.setNameFormat("thrift-worker-%d");
        return new ThreadPoolExecutor(workerThreads, workerThreads, Long.MAX_VALUE, TimeUnit.SECONDS, callQueue,
                tfb.build());
    }

    private InetAddress getBindAddress(Configuration conf) throws UnknownHostException {
        String bindAddressStr = conf.get(BIND_CONF_KEY, DEFAULT_BIND_ADDR);
        return InetAddress.getByName(bindAddressStr);
    }

    protected static class ResultScannerWrapper {

        private final ResultScanner scanner;
        private final boolean sortColumns;

        public ResultScannerWrapper(ResultScanner resultScanner, boolean sortResultColumns) {
            scanner = resultScanner;
            sortColumns = sortResultColumns;
        }

        public ResultScanner getScanner() {
            return scanner;
        }

        public boolean isColumnSorted() {
            return sortColumns;
        }
    }

    /**
     * The HBaseHandler is a glue object that connects Thrift RPC calls to the
     * HBase client API primarily defined in the HBaseAdmin and HTable objects.
     */
    public static class HBaseHandler implements Hbase.Iface {
        protected Configuration conf;
        protected volatile HBaseAdmin admin = null;
        protected final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(this.getClass().getName());

        // nextScannerId and scannerMap are used to manage scanner state
        protected int nextScannerId = 0;
        protected HashMap<Integer, ResultScannerWrapper> scannerMap = null;
        private ThriftMetrics metrics = null;

        private static ThreadLocal<Map<String, HTable>> threadLocalTables = new ThreadLocal<Map<String, HTable>>() {
            @Override
            protected Map<String, HTable> initialValue() {
                return new TreeMap<String, HTable>();
            }
        };

        IncrementCoalescer coalescer = null;

        /**
         * Returns a list of all the column families for a given htable.
         *
         * @param table
         * @throws IOException
         */
        byte[][] getAllColumns(HTable table) throws IOException {
            HColumnDescriptor[] cds = table.getTableDescriptor().getColumnFamilies();
            byte[][] columns = new byte[cds.length][];
            for (int i = 0; i < cds.length; i++) {
                columns[i] = Bytes.add(cds[i].getName(), KeyValue.COLUMN_FAMILY_DELIM_ARRAY);
            }
            return columns;
        }

        /**
         * Creates and returns an HTable instance from a given table name.
         *
         * @param tableName
         *          name of table
         * @return HTable object
         * @throws IOException
         * @throws IOError
         */
        public HTable getTable(final byte[] tableName) throws IOException {
            String table = new String(tableName);
            Map<String, HTable> tables = threadLocalTables.get();
            if (!tables.containsKey(table)) {
                tables.put(table, new HTable(conf, tableName));
            }
            return tables.get(table);
        }

        public HTable getTable(final ByteBuffer tableName) throws IOException {
            return getTable(getBytes(tableName));
        }

        /**
         * Assigns a unique ID to the scanner and adds the mapping to an internal
         * hash-map.
         *
         * @param scanner
         * @return integer scanner id
         */
        protected synchronized int addScanner(ResultScanner scanner, boolean sortColumns) {
            int id = nextScannerId++;
            ResultScannerWrapper resultScannerWrapper = new ResultScannerWrapper(scanner, sortColumns);
            scannerMap.put(id, resultScannerWrapper);
            return id;
        }

        /**
         * Returns the scanner associated with the specified ID.
         *
         * @param id
         * @return a Scanner, or null if ID was invalid.
         */
        protected synchronized ResultScannerWrapper getScanner(int id) {
            return scannerMap.get(id);
        }

        /**
         * Removes the scanner associated with the specified ID from the internal
         * id->scanner hash-map.
         *
         * @param id
         * @return a Scanner, or null if ID was invalid.
         */
        protected synchronized ResultScannerWrapper removeScanner(int id) {
            return scannerMap.remove(id);
        }

        /**
         * Constructs an HBaseHandler object.
         * @throws IOException
         */
        protected HBaseHandler() throws IOException {
            this(HBaseConfiguration.create());
        }

        protected HBaseHandler(final Configuration c) throws IOException {
            this.conf = c;
            scannerMap = new HashMap<Integer, ResultScannerWrapper>();
            this.coalescer = new IncrementCoalescer(this);
        }

        /**
         * Obtain HBaseAdmin. Creates the instance if it is not already created.
         */
        private HBaseAdmin getHBaseAdmin() throws IOException {
            if (admin == null) {
                synchronized (this) {
                    if (admin == null) {
                        admin = new HBaseAdmin(conf);
                    }
                }
            }
            return admin;
        }

        @Override
        public void enableTable(ByteBuffer tableName) throws IOError {
            try {
                getHBaseAdmin().enableTable(getBytes(tableName));
            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void disableTable(ByteBuffer tableName) throws IOError {
            try {
                getHBaseAdmin().disableTable(getBytes(tableName));
            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        @Override
        public boolean isTableEnabled(ByteBuffer tableName) throws IOError {
            try {
                return HTable.isTableEnabled(this.conf, getBytes(tableName));
            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void compact(ByteBuffer tableNameOrRegionName) throws IOError {
            try {
                getHBaseAdmin().compact(getBytes(tableNameOrRegionName));
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void majorCompact(ByteBuffer tableNameOrRegionName) throws IOError {
            try {
                getHBaseAdmin().majorCompact(getBytes(tableNameOrRegionName));
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        @Override
        public List<ByteBuffer> getTableNames() throws IOError {
            try {
                TableName[] tableNames = this.getHBaseAdmin().listTableNames();
                ArrayList<ByteBuffer> list = new ArrayList<ByteBuffer>(tableNames.length);
                for (int i = 0; i < tableNames.length; i++) {
                    list.add(ByteBuffer.wrap(tableNames[i].getName()));
                }
                return list;
            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        /**
         * @return the list of regions in the given table, or an empty list if the table does not exist
         */
        @Override
        public List<TRegionInfo> getTableRegions(ByteBuffer tableName) throws IOError {
            try {
                HTable table;
                try {
                    table = getTable(tableName);
                } catch (TableNotFoundException ex) {
                    return new ArrayList<TRegionInfo>();
                }
                Map<HRegionInfo, ServerName> regionLocations = table.getRegionLocations();
                List<TRegionInfo> results = new ArrayList<TRegionInfo>();
                for (Map.Entry<HRegionInfo, ServerName> entry : regionLocations.entrySet()) {
                    HRegionInfo info = entry.getKey();
                    ServerName serverName = entry.getValue();
                    TRegionInfo region = new TRegionInfo();
                    region.serverName = ByteBuffer.wrap(Bytes.toBytes(serverName.getHostname()));
                    region.port = serverName.getPort();
                    region.startKey = ByteBuffer.wrap(info.getStartKey());
                    region.endKey = ByteBuffer.wrap(info.getEndKey());
                    region.id = info.getRegionId();
                    region.name = ByteBuffer.wrap(info.getRegionName());
                    region.version = info.getVersion();
                    results.add(region);
                }
                return results;
            } catch (TableNotFoundException e) {
                // Return empty list for non-existing table
                return Collections.emptyList();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        @Deprecated
        @Override
        public List<TCell> get(ByteBuffer tableName, ByteBuffer row, ByteBuffer column,
                Map<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> attributes) throws IOError {
            byte[][] famAndQf = KeyValue.parseColumn(getBytes(column));
            if (famAndQf.length == 1) {
                return get(tableName, row, famAndQf[0], null, attributes);
            }
            if (famAndQf.length == 2) {
                return get(tableName, row, famAndQf[0], famAndQf[1], attributes);
            }
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid familyAndQualifier provided.");
        }

        /**
         * Note: this internal interface is slightly different from public APIs in regard to handling
         * of the qualifier. Here we differ from the public Java API in that null != byte[0]. Rather,
         * we respect qual == null as a request for the entire column family. The caller (
         * {@link #get(ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer, Map)}) interface IS consistent in that the
         * column is parse like normal.
         */
        protected List<TCell> get(ByteBuffer tableName, ByteBuffer row, byte[] family, byte[] qualifier,
                Map<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> attributes) throws IOError {
            try {
                HTable table = getTable(tableName);
                Get get = new Get(getBytes(row));
                addAttributes(get, attributes);
                if (qualifier == null) {
                    get.addFamily(family);
                } else {
                    get.addColumn(family, qualifier);
                }
                Result result = table.get(get);
                return ThriftUtilities.cellFromHBase(result.rawCells());
            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        @Deprecated
        @Override
        public List<TCell> getVer(ByteBuffer tableName, ByteBuffer row, ByteBuffer column, int numVersions,
                Map<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> attributes) throws IOError {
            byte[][] famAndQf = KeyValue.parseColumn(getBytes(column));
            if (famAndQf.length == 1) {
                return getVer(tableName, row, famAndQf[0], null, numVersions, attributes);
            }
            if (famAndQf.length == 2) {
                return getVer(tableName, row, famAndQf[0], famAndQf[1], numVersions, attributes);
            }
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid familyAndQualifier provided.");

        }

        /**
         * Note: this public interface is slightly different from public Java APIs in regard to
         * handling of the qualifier. Here we differ from the public Java API in that null != byte[0].
         * Rather, we respect qual == null as a request for the entire column family. If you want to
         * access the entire column family, use
         * {@link #getVer(ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer, int, Map)} with a {@code column} value
         * that lacks a {@code ':'}.
         */
        public List<TCell> getVer(ByteBuffer tableName, ByteBuffer row, byte[] family, byte[] qualifier,
                int numVersions, Map<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> attributes) throws IOError {
            try {
                HTable table = getTable(tableName);
                Get get = new Get(getBytes(row));
                addAttributes(get, attributes);
                if (null == qualifier) {
                    get.addFamily(family);
                } else {
                    get.addColumn(family, qualifier);
                }
                get.setMaxVersions(numVersions);
                Result result = table.get(get);
                return ThriftUtilities.cellFromHBase(result.rawCells());
            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        @Deprecated
        @Override
        public List<TCell> getVerTs(ByteBuffer tableName, ByteBuffer row, ByteBuffer column, long timestamp,
                int numVersions, Map<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> attributes) throws IOError {
            byte[][] famAndQf = KeyValue.parseColumn(getBytes(column));
            if (famAndQf.length == 1) {
                return getVerTs(tableName, row, famAndQf[0], null, timestamp, numVersions, attributes);
            }
            if (famAndQf.length == 2) {
                return getVerTs(tableName, row, famAndQf[0], famAndQf[1], timestamp, numVersions, attributes);
            }
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid familyAndQualifier provided.");
        }

        /**
         * Note: this internal interface is slightly different from public APIs in regard to handling
         * of the qualifier. Here we differ from the public Java API in that null != byte[0]. Rather,
         * we respect qual == null as a request for the entire column family. The caller (
         * {@link #getVerTs(ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer, long, int, Map)}) interface IS
         * consistent in that the column is parse like normal.
         */
        protected List<TCell> getVerTs(ByteBuffer tableName, ByteBuffer row, byte[] family, byte[] qualifier,
                long timestamp, int numVersions, Map<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> attributes) throws IOError {
            try {
                HTable table = getTable(tableName);
                Get get = new Get(getBytes(row));
                addAttributes(get, attributes);
                if (null == qualifier) {
                    get.addFamily(family);
                } else {
                    get.addColumn(family, qualifier);
                }
                get.setTimeRange(0, timestamp);
                get.setMaxVersions(numVersions);
                Result result = table.get(get);
                return ThriftUtilities.cellFromHBase(result.rawCells());
            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        @Override
        public List<TRowResult> getRow(ByteBuffer tableName, ByteBuffer row, Map<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> attributes)
                throws IOError {
            return getRowWithColumnsTs(tableName, row, null, HConstants.LATEST_TIMESTAMP, attributes);
        }

        @Override
        public List<TRowResult> getRowWithColumns(ByteBuffer tableName, ByteBuffer row, List<ByteBuffer> columns,
                Map<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> attributes) throws IOError {
            return getRowWithColumnsTs(tableName, row, columns, HConstants.LATEST_TIMESTAMP, attributes);
        }

        @Override
        public List<TRowResult> getRowTs(ByteBuffer tableName, ByteBuffer row, long timestamp,
                Map<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> attributes) throws IOError {
            return getRowWithColumnsTs(tableName, row, null, timestamp, attributes);
        }

        @Override
        public List<TRowResult> getRowWithColumnsTs(ByteBuffer tableName, ByteBuffer row, List<ByteBuffer> columns,
                long timestamp, Map<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> attributes) throws IOError {
            try {
                HTable table = getTable(tableName);
                if (columns == null) {
                    Get get = new Get(getBytes(row));
                    addAttributes(get, attributes);
                    get.setTimeRange(0, timestamp);
                    Result result = table.get(get);
                    return ThriftUtilities.rowResultFromHBase(result);
                }
                Get get = new Get(getBytes(row));
                addAttributes(get, attributes);
                for (ByteBuffer column : columns) {
                    byte[][] famAndQf = KeyValue.parseColumn(getBytes(column));
                    if (famAndQf.length == 1) {
                        get.addFamily(famAndQf[0]);
                    } else {
                        get.addColumn(famAndQf[0], famAndQf[1]);
                    }
                }
                get.setTimeRange(0, timestamp);
                Result result = table.get(get);
                return ThriftUtilities.rowResultFromHBase(result);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        @Override
        public List<TRowResult> getRows(ByteBuffer tableName, List<ByteBuffer> rows,
                Map<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> attributes) throws IOError {
            return getRowsWithColumnsTs(tableName, rows, null, HConstants.LATEST_TIMESTAMP, attributes);
        }

        @Override
        public List<TRowResult> getRowsWithColumns(ByteBuffer tableName, List<ByteBuffer> rows,
                List<ByteBuffer> columns, Map<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> attributes) throws IOError {
            return getRowsWithColumnsTs(tableName, rows, columns, HConstants.LATEST_TIMESTAMP, attributes);
        }

        @Override
        public List<TRowResult> getRowsTs(ByteBuffer tableName, List<ByteBuffer> rows, long timestamp,
                Map<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> attributes) throws IOError {
            return getRowsWithColumnsTs(tableName, rows, null, timestamp, attributes);
        }

        @Override
        public List<TRowResult> getRowsWithColumnsTs(ByteBuffer tableName, List<ByteBuffer> rows,
                List<ByteBuffer> columns, long timestamp, Map<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> attributes) throws IOError {
            try {
                List<Get> gets = new ArrayList<Get>(rows.size());
                HTable table = getTable(tableName);
                if (metrics != null) {
                    metrics.incNumRowKeysInBatchGet(rows.size());
                }
                for (ByteBuffer row : rows) {
                    Get get = new Get(getBytes(row));
                    addAttributes(get, attributes);
                    if (columns != null) {

                        for (ByteBuffer column : columns) {
                            byte[][] famAndQf = KeyValue.parseColumn(getBytes(column));
                            if (famAndQf.length == 1) {
                                get.addFamily(famAndQf[0]);
                            } else {
                                get.addColumn(famAndQf[0], famAndQf[1]);
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    get.setTimeRange(0, timestamp);
                    gets.add(get);
                }
                Result[] result = table.get(gets);
                return ThriftUtilities.rowResultFromHBase(result);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void deleteAll(ByteBuffer tableName, ByteBuffer row, ByteBuffer column,
                Map<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> attributes) throws IOError {
            deleteAllTs(tableName, row, column, HConstants.LATEST_TIMESTAMP, attributes);
        }

        @Override
        public void deleteAllTs(ByteBuffer tableName, ByteBuffer row, ByteBuffer column, long timestamp,
                Map<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> attributes) throws IOError {
            try {
                HTable table = getTable(tableName);
                Delete delete = new Delete(getBytes(row));
                addAttributes(delete, attributes);
                byte[][] famAndQf = KeyValue.parseColumn(getBytes(column));
                if (famAndQf.length == 1) {
                    delete.deleteFamily(famAndQf[0], timestamp);
                } else {
                    delete.deleteColumns(famAndQf[0], famAndQf[1], timestamp);
                }
                table.delete(delete);

            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void deleteAllRow(ByteBuffer tableName, ByteBuffer row, Map<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> attributes)
                throws IOError {
            deleteAllRowTs(tableName, row, HConstants.LATEST_TIMESTAMP, attributes);
        }

        @Override
        public void deleteAllRowTs(ByteBuffer tableName, ByteBuffer row, long timestamp,
                Map<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> attributes) throws IOError {
            try {
                HTable table = getTable(tableName);
                Delete delete = new Delete(getBytes(row), timestamp);
                addAttributes(delete, attributes);
                table.delete(delete);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void createTable(ByteBuffer in_tableName, List<ColumnDescriptor> columnFamilies)
                throws IOError, IllegalArgument, AlreadyExists {
            byte[] tableName = getBytes(in_tableName);
            try {
                if (getHBaseAdmin().tableExists(tableName)) {
                    throw new AlreadyExists("table name already in use");
                }
                HTableDescriptor desc = new HTableDescriptor(TableName.valueOf(tableName));
                for (ColumnDescriptor col : columnFamilies) {
                    HColumnDescriptor colDesc = ThriftUtilities.colDescFromThrift(col);
                    desc.addFamily(colDesc);
                }
                getHBaseAdmin().createTable(desc);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IllegalArgument(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void deleteTable(ByteBuffer in_tableName) throws IOError {
            byte[] tableName = getBytes(in_tableName);
            if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
                LOG.debug("deleteTable: table=" + Bytes.toString(tableName));
            }
            try {
                if (!getHBaseAdmin().tableExists(tableName)) {
                    throw new IOException("table does not exist");
                }
                getHBaseAdmin().deleteTable(tableName);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void mutateRow(ByteBuffer tableName, ByteBuffer row, List<Mutation> mutations,
                Map<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> attributes) throws IOError, IllegalArgument {
            mutateRowTs(tableName, row, mutations, HConstants.LATEST_TIMESTAMP, attributes);
        }

        @Override
        public void mutateRowTs(ByteBuffer tableName, ByteBuffer row, List<Mutation> mutations, long timestamp,
                Map<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> attributes) throws IOError, IllegalArgument {
            HTable table = null;
            try {
                table = getTable(tableName);
                Put put = new Put(getBytes(row), timestamp);
                addAttributes(put, attributes);

                Delete delete = new Delete(getBytes(row));
                addAttributes(delete, attributes);
                if (metrics != null) {
                    metrics.incNumRowKeysInBatchMutate(mutations.size());
                }

                // I apologize for all this mess :)
                for (Mutation m : mutations) {
                    byte[][] famAndQf = KeyValue.parseColumn(getBytes(m.column));
                    if (m.isDelete) {
                        if (famAndQf.length == 1) {
                            delete.deleteFamily(famAndQf[0], timestamp);
                        } else {
                            delete.deleteColumns(famAndQf[0], famAndQf[1], timestamp);
                        }
                        delete.setDurability(m.writeToWAL ? Durability.SYNC_WAL : Durability.SKIP_WAL);
                    } else {
                        if (famAndQf.length == 1) {
                            LOG.warn("No column qualifier specified. Delete is the only mutation supported "
                                    + "over the whole column family.");
                        } else {
                            put.addImmutable(famAndQf[0], famAndQf[1],
                                    m.value != null ? getBytes(m.value) : HConstants.EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY);
                        }
                        put.setDurability(m.writeToWAL ? Durability.SYNC_WAL : Durability.SKIP_WAL);
                    }
                }
                if (!delete.isEmpty())
                    table.delete(delete);
                if (!put.isEmpty())
                    table.put(put);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IllegalArgument(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void mutateRows(ByteBuffer tableName, List<BatchMutation> rowBatches,
                Map<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> attributes) throws IOError, IllegalArgument, TException {
            mutateRowsTs(tableName, rowBatches, HConstants.LATEST_TIMESTAMP, attributes);
        }

        @Override
        public void mutateRowsTs(ByteBuffer tableName, List<BatchMutation> rowBatches, long timestamp,
                Map<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> attributes) throws IOError, IllegalArgument, TException {
            List<Put> puts = new ArrayList<Put>();
            List<Delete> deletes = new ArrayList<Delete>();

            for (BatchMutation batch : rowBatches) {
                byte[] row = getBytes(batch.row);
                List<Mutation> mutations = batch.mutations;
                Delete delete = new Delete(row);
                addAttributes(delete, attributes);
                Put put = new Put(row, timestamp);
                addAttributes(put, attributes);
                for (Mutation m : mutations) {
                    byte[][] famAndQf = KeyValue.parseColumn(getBytes(m.column));
                    if (m.isDelete) {
                        // no qualifier, family only.
                        if (famAndQf.length == 1) {
                            delete.deleteFamily(famAndQf[0], timestamp);
                        } else {
                            delete.deleteColumns(famAndQf[0], famAndQf[1], timestamp);
                        }
                        delete.setDurability(m.writeToWAL ? Durability.SYNC_WAL : Durability.SKIP_WAL);
                    } else {
                        if (famAndQf.length == 1) {
                            LOG.warn("No column qualifier specified. Delete is the only mutation supported "
                                    + "over the whole column family.");
                        }
                        if (famAndQf.length == 2) {
                            put.addImmutable(famAndQf[0], famAndQf[1],
                                    m.value != null ? getBytes(m.value) : HConstants.EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY);
                        } else {
                            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid famAndQf provided.");
                        }
                        put.setDurability(m.writeToWAL ? Durability.SYNC_WAL : Durability.SKIP_WAL);
                    }
                }
                if (!delete.isEmpty())
                    deletes.add(delete);
                if (!put.isEmpty())
                    puts.add(put);
            }

            HTable table = null;
            try {
                table = getTable(tableName);
                if (!puts.isEmpty())
                    table.put(puts);
                if (!deletes.isEmpty())
                    table.delete(deletes);

            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IllegalArgument(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        @Deprecated
        @Override
        public long atomicIncrement(ByteBuffer tableName, ByteBuffer row, ByteBuffer column, long amount)
                throws IOError, IllegalArgument, TException {
            byte[][] famAndQf = KeyValue.parseColumn(getBytes(column));
            if (famAndQf.length == 1) {
                return atomicIncrement(tableName, row, famAndQf[0], HConstants.EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY, amount);
            }
            return atomicIncrement(tableName, row, famAndQf[0], famAndQf[1], amount);
        }

        protected long atomicIncrement(ByteBuffer tableName, ByteBuffer row, byte[] family, byte[] qualifier,
                long amount) throws IOError, IllegalArgument, TException {
            HTable table;
            try {
                table = getTable(tableName);
                return table.incrementColumnValue(getBytes(row), family, qualifier, amount);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void scannerClose(int id) throws IOError, IllegalArgument {
            LOG.debug("scannerClose: id=" + id);
            ResultScannerWrapper resultScannerWrapper = getScanner(id);
            if (resultScannerWrapper == null) {
                String message = "scanner ID is invalid";
                LOG.warn(message);
                throw new IllegalArgument("scanner ID is invalid");
            }
            resultScannerWrapper.getScanner().close();
            removeScanner(id);
        }

        @Override
        public List<TRowResult> scannerGetList(int id, int nbRows) throws IllegalArgument, IOError {
            LOG.debug("scannerGetList: id=" + id);
            ResultScannerWrapper resultScannerWrapper = getScanner(id);
            if (null == resultScannerWrapper) {
                String message = "scanner ID is invalid";
                LOG.warn(message);
                throw new IllegalArgument("scanner ID is invalid");
            }

            Result[] results = null;
            try {
                results = resultScannerWrapper.getScanner().next(nbRows);
                if (null == results) {
                    return new ArrayList<TRowResult>();
                }
            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            }
            return ThriftUtilities.rowResultFromHBase(results, resultScannerWrapper.isColumnSorted());
        }

        @Override
        public List<TRowResult> scannerGet(int id) throws IllegalArgument, IOError {
            return scannerGetList(id, 1);
        }

        @Override
        public int scannerOpenWithScan(ByteBuffer tableName, TScan tScan, Map<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> attributes)
                throws IOError {
            try {
                HTable table = getTable(tableName);
                Scan scan = new Scan();
                addAttributes(scan, attributes);
                if (tScan.isSetStartRow()) {
                    scan.setStartRow(tScan.getStartRow());
                }
                if (tScan.isSetStopRow()) {
                    scan.setStopRow(tScan.getStopRow());
                }
                if (tScan.isSetTimestamp()) {
                    scan.setTimeRange(0, tScan.getTimestamp());
                }
                if (tScan.isSetCaching()) {
                    scan.setCaching(tScan.getCaching());
                }
                if (tScan.isSetBatchSize()) {
                    scan.setBatch(tScan.getBatchSize());
                }
                if (tScan.isSetColumns() && tScan.getColumns().size() != 0) {
                    for (ByteBuffer column : tScan.getColumns()) {
                        byte[][] famQf = KeyValue.parseColumn(getBytes(column));
                        if (famQf.length == 1) {
                            scan.addFamily(famQf[0]);
                        } else {
                            scan.addColumn(famQf[0], famQf[1]);
                        }
                    }
                }
                if (tScan.isSetFilterString()) {
                    ParseFilter parseFilter = new ParseFilter();
                    scan.setFilter(parseFilter.parseFilterString(tScan.getFilterString()));
                }
                if (tScan.isSetReversed()) {
                    scan.setReversed(tScan.isReversed());
                }
                return addScanner(table.getScanner(scan), tScan.sortColumns);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        @Override
        public int scannerOpen(ByteBuffer tableName, ByteBuffer startRow, List<ByteBuffer> columns,
                Map<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> attributes) throws IOError {
            try {
                HTable table = getTable(tableName);
                Scan scan = new Scan(getBytes(startRow));
                addAttributes(scan, attributes);
                if (columns != null && columns.size() != 0) {
                    for (ByteBuffer column : columns) {
                        byte[][] famQf = KeyValue.parseColumn(getBytes(column));
                        if (famQf.length == 1) {
                            scan.addFamily(famQf[0]);
                        } else {
                            scan.addColumn(famQf[0], famQf[1]);
                        }
                    }
                }
                return addScanner(table.getScanner(scan), false);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        @Override
        public int scannerOpenWithStop(ByteBuffer tableName, ByteBuffer startRow, ByteBuffer stopRow,
                List<ByteBuffer> columns, Map<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> attributes) throws IOError, TException {
            try {
                HTable table = getTable(tableName);
                Scan scan = new Scan(getBytes(startRow), getBytes(stopRow));
                addAttributes(scan, attributes);
                if (columns != null && columns.size() != 0) {
                    for (ByteBuffer column : columns) {
                        byte[][] famQf = KeyValue.parseColumn(getBytes(column));
                        if (famQf.length == 1) {
                            scan.addFamily(famQf[0]);
                        } else {
                            scan.addColumn(famQf[0], famQf[1]);
                        }
                    }
                }
                return addScanner(table.getScanner(scan), false);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        @Override
        public int scannerOpenWithPrefix(ByteBuffer tableName, ByteBuffer startAndPrefix, List<ByteBuffer> columns,
                Map<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> attributes) throws IOError, TException {
            try {
                HTable table = getTable(tableName);
                Scan scan = new Scan(getBytes(startAndPrefix));
                addAttributes(scan, attributes);
                Filter f = new WhileMatchFilter(new PrefixFilter(getBytes(startAndPrefix)));
                scan.setFilter(f);
                if (columns != null && columns.size() != 0) {
                    for (ByteBuffer column : columns) {
                        byte[][] famQf = KeyValue.parseColumn(getBytes(column));
                        if (famQf.length == 1) {
                            scan.addFamily(famQf[0]);
                        } else {
                            scan.addColumn(famQf[0], famQf[1]);
                        }
                    }
                }
                return addScanner(table.getScanner(scan), false);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        @Override
        public int scannerOpenTs(ByteBuffer tableName, ByteBuffer startRow, List<ByteBuffer> columns,
                long timestamp, Map<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> attributes) throws IOError, TException {
            try {
                HTable table = getTable(tableName);
                Scan scan = new Scan(getBytes(startRow));
                addAttributes(scan, attributes);
                scan.setTimeRange(0, timestamp);
                if (columns != null && columns.size() != 0) {
                    for (ByteBuffer column : columns) {
                        byte[][] famQf = KeyValue.parseColumn(getBytes(column));
                        if (famQf.length == 1) {
                            scan.addFamily(famQf[0]);
                        } else {
                            scan.addColumn(famQf[0], famQf[1]);
                        }
                    }
                }
                return addScanner(table.getScanner(scan), false);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        @Override
        public int scannerOpenWithStopTs(ByteBuffer tableName, ByteBuffer startRow, ByteBuffer stopRow,
                List<ByteBuffer> columns, long timestamp, Map<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> attributes)
                throws IOError, TException {
            try {
                HTable table = getTable(tableName);
                Scan scan = new Scan(getBytes(startRow), getBytes(stopRow));
                addAttributes(scan, attributes);
                scan.setTimeRange(0, timestamp);
                if (columns != null && columns.size() != 0) {
                    for (ByteBuffer column : columns) {
                        byte[][] famQf = KeyValue.parseColumn(getBytes(column));
                        if (famQf.length == 1) {
                            scan.addFamily(famQf[0]);
                        } else {
                            scan.addColumn(famQf[0], famQf[1]);
                        }
                    }
                }
                scan.setTimeRange(0, timestamp);
                return addScanner(table.getScanner(scan), false);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        @Override
        public Map<ByteBuffer, ColumnDescriptor> getColumnDescriptors(ByteBuffer tableName)
                throws IOError, TException {
            try {
                TreeMap<ByteBuffer, ColumnDescriptor> columns = new TreeMap<ByteBuffer, ColumnDescriptor>();

                HTable table = getTable(tableName);
                HTableDescriptor desc = table.getTableDescriptor();

                for (HColumnDescriptor e : desc.getFamilies()) {
                    ColumnDescriptor col = ThriftUtilities.colDescFromHbase(e);
                    columns.put(col.name, col);
                }
                return columns;
            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        @Deprecated
        @Override
        public List<TCell> getRowOrBefore(ByteBuffer tableName, ByteBuffer row, ByteBuffer family) throws IOError {
            try {
                HTable table = getTable(getBytes(tableName));
                Result result = table.getRowOrBefore(getBytes(row), getBytes(family));
                return ThriftUtilities.cellFromHBase(result.rawCells());
            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        @Override
        public TRegionInfo getRegionInfo(ByteBuffer searchRow) throws IOError {
            try {
                HTable table = getTable(TableName.META_TABLE_NAME.getName());
                byte[] row = getBytes(searchRow);
                Result startRowResult = table.getRowOrBefore(row, HConstants.CATALOG_FAMILY);

                if (startRowResult == null) {
                    throw new IOException("Cannot find row in " + TableName.META_TABLE_NAME + ", row="
                            + Bytes.toStringBinary(row));
                }

                // find region start and end keys
                HRegionInfo regionInfo = HRegionInfo.getHRegionInfo(startRowResult);
                if (regionInfo == null) {
                    throw new IOException("HRegionInfo REGIONINFO was null or " + " empty in Meta for row="
                            + Bytes.toStringBinary(row));
                }
                TRegionInfo region = new TRegionInfo();
                region.setStartKey(regionInfo.getStartKey());
                region.setEndKey(regionInfo.getEndKey());
                region.id = regionInfo.getRegionId();
                region.setName(regionInfo.getRegionName());
                region.version = regionInfo.getVersion();

                // find region assignment to server
                ServerName serverName = HRegionInfo.getServerName(startRowResult);
                if (serverName != null) {
                    region.setServerName(Bytes.toBytes(serverName.getHostname()));
                    region.port = serverName.getPort();
                }
                return region;
            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        private void initMetrics(ThriftMetrics metrics) {
            this.metrics = metrics;
        }

        @Override
        public void increment(TIncrement tincrement) throws IOError, TException {

            if (tincrement.getRow().length == 0 || tincrement.getTable().length == 0) {
                throw new TException("Must supply a table and a row key; can't increment");
            }

            if (conf.getBoolean(COALESCE_INC_KEY, false)) {
                this.coalescer.queueIncrement(tincrement);
                return;
            }

            try {
                HTable table = getTable(tincrement.getTable());
                Increment inc = ThriftUtilities.incrementFromThrift(tincrement);
                table.increment(inc);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void incrementRows(List<TIncrement> tincrements) throws IOError, TException {
            if (conf.getBoolean(COALESCE_INC_KEY, false)) {
                this.coalescer.queueIncrements(tincrements);
                return;
            }
            for (TIncrement tinc : tincrements) {
                increment(tinc);
            }
        }

        @Override
        public List<TCell> append(TAppend tappend) throws IOError, TException {
            if (tappend.getRow().length == 0 || tappend.getTable().length == 0) {
                throw new TException("Must supply a table and a row key; can't append");
            }

            try {
                HTable table = getTable(tappend.getTable());
                Append append = ThriftUtilities.appendFromThrift(tappend);
                Result result = table.append(append);
                return ThriftUtilities.cellFromHBase(result.rawCells());
            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

        @Override
        public boolean checkAndPut(ByteBuffer tableName, ByteBuffer row, ByteBuffer column, ByteBuffer value,
                Mutation mput, Map<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> attributes) throws IOError, IllegalArgument, TException {
            Put put;
            try {
                put = new Put(getBytes(row), HConstants.LATEST_TIMESTAMP);
                addAttributes(put, attributes);

                byte[][] famAndQf = KeyValue.parseColumn(getBytes(mput.column));

                put.addImmutable(famAndQf[0], famAndQf[1],
                        mput.value != null ? getBytes(mput.value) : HConstants.EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY);

                put.setDurability(mput.writeToWAL ? Durability.SYNC_WAL : Durability.SKIP_WAL);
            } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IllegalArgument(e.getMessage());
            }

            HTable table = null;
            try {
                table = getTable(tableName);
                byte[][] famAndQf = KeyValue.parseColumn(getBytes(column));
                return table.checkAndPut(getBytes(row), famAndQf[0], famAndQf[1],
                        value != null ? getBytes(value) : HConstants.EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY, put);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IOError(e.getMessage());
            } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
                LOG.warn(e.getMessage(), e);
                throw new IllegalArgument(e.getMessage());
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Adds all the attributes into the Operation object
     */
    private static void addAttributes(OperationWithAttributes op, Map<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> attributes) {
        if (attributes == null || attributes.size() == 0) {
            return;
        }
        for (Map.Entry<ByteBuffer, ByteBuffer> entry : attributes.entrySet()) {
            String name = Bytes.toStringBinary(getBytes(entry.getKey()));
            byte[] value = getBytes(entry.getValue());
            op.setAttribute(name, value);
        }
    }

    public static void registerFilters(Configuration conf) {
        String[] filters = conf.getStrings("hbase.thrift.filters");
        if (filters != null) {
            for (String filterClass : filters) {
                String[] filterPart = filterClass.split(":");
                if (filterPart.length != 2) {
                    LOG.warn("Invalid filter specification " + filterClass + " - skipping");
                } else {
                    ParseFilter.registerFilter(filterPart[0], filterPart[1]);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}