Check whether HBase table exists

HbaseTableValidator

import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.TableNotFoundException;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Get;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Table;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;

/** The following was coded using HBase 1.0.1.1 */
public class HbaseTableValidator {
	private static final Get DUMMY_GET = new Get(Bytes.toBytes(0));
    
	public static boolean tableExists (Table table) throws IOException {
		// ONLY WAY TO TELL WHETHER HBASE TABLE EXISTS IS TO TRY TO ACCESS IT!!
		try { 
	  		table.get(DUMMY_GET);
		} catch (TableNotFoundException e) {
			return false;
		}
		return true;
	}
}