Thanks Ted. Yes, that worked great.
On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 10:51 AM, Ted Yu <yuzhih...@gmail.com> wrote: > https://hbase.apache.org/apidocs/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ > client/Admin.html#getTableDescriptor-org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableName- > > On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 10:44 AM, Ganesh Viswanathan <gan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Is there a java API for HBase (using Admin or other libraries) to > describe > > a table and get its columnFamilies? I see the *describe 'tablename'* > shell > > command in HBase. But I don't see one in the Admin API docs: > > > > https://hbase.apache.org/apidocs/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ > client/Admin.html > > > > > > Thanks, > > Ganesh > > >