HRegionLocation metaLocation = locateRegion(parentTable, metaKey);
HRegionInterface server =
getHRegionConnection(metaLocation.getServerAddress());
// query the root region for the location of the meta region
RowResult regionInfoRow = server.getClosestRowBefore(
metaLocation.getRegionInfo().getRegionName(), metaKey);
if (regionInfoRow == null) {
throw new TableNotFoundException(Bytes.toString(tableName));
}
Cell value = regionInfoRow.get(COL_REGIONINFO);
if (value == null || value.getValue().length == 0) {
throw new IOException("HRegionInfo was null or empty in " +
Bytes.toString(parentTable));
}
// convert the row result into the HRegionLocation we need!
HRegionInfo regionInfo = (HRegionInfo) Writables.getWritable(
value.getValue(), new HRegionInfo());
// possible we got a region of a different table...
if (!Bytes.equals(regionInfo.getTableDesc().getName(), tableName)) {
throw new TableNotFoundException(
"Table '" + Bytes.toString(tableName) + "' was not found.");
}
if (regionInfo.isOffline()) {
throw new RegionOfflineException("region offline: " +
regionInfo.getRegionNameAsString());
}
String serverAddress =
Writables.cellToString(regionInfoRow.get(COL_SERVER));
if (serverAddress.equals("")) {
throw new NoServerForRegionException("No server address listed " +
"in " + Bytes.toString(parentTable) + " for region " +
regionInfo.getRegionNameAsString());