Index: src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTableInterface.java =================================================================== --- src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTableInterface.java (revision 1163421) +++ src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HTableInterface.java (working copy) @@ -136,6 +136,12 @@ * @param family Column family to include in the {@link Result}. * @throws IOException if a remote or network exception occurs. * @since 0.20.0 + * + * @deprecated As of version 0.92 this method is deprecated without + * replacement. + * getRowOrBefore is used internally to find entries in .META. and makes + * various assumptions about the table (which are true for .META. but not + * in general) to be efficient. */ Result getRowOrBefore(byte[] row, byte[] family) throws IOException;