Index: hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseConfiguration.java =================================================================== --- hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseConfiguration.java (revision 1362750) +++ hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseConfiguration.java (working copy) @@ -147,4 +147,13 @@ } return isShowConf; } + + /** For debugging. Dump configurations to system output as xml format. + * Another way for dumping configurations is to type below command in + * hbase shell: + * org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HBaseConfiguration.create.getProps.toString + */ + public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { + HBaseConfiguration.create().writeXml(System.out); + } }