Creating a table using the HBase Java API

All HBase shell operations, have a corresponding Java object / method

3 Step Process :

Specify the table name and column families
Connect to HBase
Create the table

USE HTableDescriptor Class to specify the tablename and column families

USE Connection Class to connect to database

USE HBaseAdmin Class to create table

USE addFamily Method to add col families

Specify col families with HColumnDescriptor

configuration object created with HBaseConfiguration

connection object can provide an instance of HBaseAdmin

HbaseAdmin Class contain all methods for all operations (create,delete table)