public static HBaseTuple findTuple( List<HBaseTuple> tuples, String row, String colFamily, String colName) { HBaseTuple mtuple = null; for (HBaseTuple tuple : tuples) { if (tuple.getRow().equals(row) && tuple.getColFamily().equals(colFamily) && tuple.getColName().equals(colName)) { mtuple = tuple; break; } } return mtuple; }