Create HBase table with specified options and key boundaries

 public boolean createk(String tblName, StringArrayList tableOptions,
        ByteArrayList beginEndKeys)
        throws IOException, MasterNotRunningException {
            logger.debug("HBaseClient.create(" + tblName + ") called.");
            String trueStr = "TRUE";
            cleanupCache(tblName);
            HTableDescriptor desc = new HTableDescriptor(tblName);
            HColumnDescriptor colDesc = new HColumnDescriptor(tableOptions.get(HBASE_NAME));
            for (int i = 0; i < tableOptions.size(); i++) {
                if (i == HBASE_NAME) continue ;
                if ((i != HBASE_MAX_VERSIONS) && (tableOptions.get(i).isEmpty())) continue ;
                switch (i) {
                case HBASE_MAX_VERSIONS:
                    if (tableOptions.get(i).isEmpty())
                        colDesc.setMaxVersions(1);
                    else
                        colDesc.setMaxVersions
                            (Integer.parseInt(tableOptions.get(i)));
                    break ;
                case HBASE_MIN_VERSIONS:
                    colDesc.setMinVersions
                        (Integer.parseInt(tableOptions.get(i)));
                    break ;
                case HBASE_TTL:
                    colDesc.setTimeToLive
                        (Integer.parseInt(tableOptions.get(i)));
                    break ;
                case HBASE_BLOCKCACHE:
                    if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase(trueStr))
                        colDesc.setBlockCacheEnabled(true);
                    else
                        colDesc.setBlockCacheEnabled(false);
                    break ;
                case HBASE_IN_MEMORY:
                    if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase(trueStr))
                        colDesc.setInMemory(true);
                    else
                        colDesc.setInMemory(false);
                    break ;
                case HBASE_COMPRESSION:
                    if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase("GZ"))
                        colDesc.setCompressionType(Algorithm.GZ);
                    else if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase("LZ4"))
                        colDesc.setCompressionType(Algorithm.LZ4);
                    else if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase("LZO"))
                        colDesc.setCompressionType(Algorithm.LZO);
                    else if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase("NONE"))
                        colDesc.setCompressionType(Algorithm.NONE);
                    else if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase("SNAPPY"))
                    colDesc.setCompressionType(Algorithm.SNAPPY);
                    break ;
                case HBASE_BLOOMFILTER:
                      if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase("NONE"))
                        colDesc.setBloomFilterType(BloomType.NONE);
                    else if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase("ROW"))
                        colDesc.setBloomFilterType(BloomType.ROW);
                    else if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase("ROWCOL"))
                    colDesc.setBloomFilterType(BloomType.ROWCOL);
                    break ;
                case HBASE_BLOCKSIZE:
                    colDesc.setBlocksize
                        (Integer.parseInt(tableOptions.get(i)));
                    break ;
                case HBASE_DATA_BLOCK_ENCODING:
                    if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase("DIFF"))
                        colDesc.setDataBlockEncoding(DataBlockEncoding.DIFF);
                    else if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase("FAST_DIFF"))
                        colDesc.setDataBlockEncoding(DataBlockEncoding.FAST_DIFF);
                    else if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase("NONE"))
                        colDesc.setDataBlockEncoding(DataBlockEncoding.NONE);
                    else if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase("PREFIX"))
                        colDesc.setDataBlockEncoding(DataBlockEncoding.PREFIX);
             /*     else if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase("PREFIX_TREE"))
                    colDesc.setDataBlockEncoding(DataBlockEncoding.PREFIX_TREE); */
                    break ;
                case HBASE_CACHE_BLOOMS_ON_WRITE:
                    if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase(trueStr))
                        colDesc.setCacheBloomsOnWrite(true);
                    else
                        colDesc.setCacheBloomsOnWrite(false);
                    break ;
                case HBASE_CACHE_DATA_ON_WRITE:
                    if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase(trueStr))
                        colDesc.setCacheDataOnWrite(true);
                    else
                        colDesc.setCacheDataOnWrite(false);
                    break ;
                case HBASE_CACHE_INDEXES_ON_WRITE:
                    if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase(trueStr))
                        colDesc.setCacheIndexesOnWrite(true);
                    else
                        colDesc.setCacheIndexesOnWrite(false);
                    break ;
                case HBASE_COMPACT_COMPRESSION:
                    if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase("GZ"))
                        colDesc.setCompactionCompressionType(Algorithm.GZ);
                    else if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase("LZ4"))
                        colDesc.setCompactionCompressionType(Algorithm.LZ4);
                    else if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase("LZO"))
                        colDesc.setCompactionCompressionType(Algorithm.LZO);
                    else if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase("NONE"))
                        colDesc.setCompactionCompressionType(Algorithm.NONE);
                    else if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase("SNAPPY"))
                    colDesc.setCompactionCompressionType(Algorithm.SNAPPY);
                    break ;
                case HBASE_ENCODE_ON_DISK:
                    if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase(trueStr))
                        colDesc.setEncodeOnDisk(true);
                    else
                        colDesc.setEncodeOnDisk(false);
                    break ;
                case HBASE_EVICT_BLOCKS_ON_CLOSE:
                    if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase(trueStr))
                        colDesc.setEvictBlocksOnClose(true);
                    else
                        colDesc.setEvictBlocksOnClose(false);
                    break ;
                case HBASE_KEEP_DELETED_CELLS:
                    if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase(trueStr))
                        colDesc.setKeepDeletedCells(true);
                    else
                        colDesc.setKeepDeletedCells(false);
                    break ;
                case HBASE_REPLICATION_SCOPE:
                    colDesc.setScope
                        (Integer.parseInt(tableOptions.get(i)));
                    break ;
                case HBASE_MAX_FILESIZE:
                    desc.setMaxFileSize
                        (Long.parseLong(tableOptions.get(i)));
                    break ;
                case HBASE_COMPACT:
                    // Available in HBase 0.97
                    /*  if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase(trueStr))
                        desc.setCompactionEnabled(true);
                    else
                    desc.setCompactionEnabled(false); */
                    break ;
                case HBASE_DURABILITY:
                    // Available in HBase 0.97
                    /*     if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase("ASYNC_WAL"))
                        desc.setDurability(Durability.ASYNC_WAL);
                    else if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase("FSYNC_WAL"))
                        desc.setDurability(Durability.FSYNC_WAL);
                    else if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase("SKIP_WAL"))
                        desc.setDurability(Durability.SKIP_WAL);
                    else if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase("SYNC_WAL"))
                        desc.setDurability(Durability.SYNC_WAL);
                    else if (tableOptions.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase("USE_DEFAULT"))
                    desc.setDurability(Durability.USE_DEFAULT); */
                    break ;
                case HBASE_MEMSTORE_FLUSH_SIZE:
                    desc.setMemStoreFlushSize
                        (Long.parseLong(tableOptions.get(i)));
                    break ;
                default:
                    break;
                }
            }
            desc.addFamily(colDesc);
            HBaseAdmin admin = new HBaseAdmin(config);
            byte[][] keys = new byte[beginEndKeys.size()][];
            for (int i = 0; i < beginEndKeys.size(); i++)
            {
                keys[i] = beginEndKeys.get(i);
            }

            if (beginEndKeys.size() == 0)
                admin.createTable(desc);
            else
                admin.createTable(desc, keys);

            admin.close();
        return true;
    }