Create a table (HBase)

Create a table.

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// Create a table with a single column family
HTableDescriptor descriptor = new HTableDescriptor(TableName.valueOf(TABLE_NAME));
descriptor.addFamily(new HColumnDescriptor(COLUMN_FAMILY_NAME));

System.out.println("HelloWorld: Create table " + descriptor.getNameAsString());
admin.createTable(descriptor);

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