/**
     * returns true if the specified entry must be replicated. We should always replicate meta
     * operations (e.g. flush) and use the user HTD flag to decide whether or not replicate the
     * memstore.
     */
    private boolean requiresReplication(final TableName tableName, final List<Entry> entries)
        throws IOException {
      // unit-tests may not the TableDescriptors, bypass the check and always replicate
      if (tableDescriptors == null) return true;

      Boolean requiresReplication = memstoreReplicationEnabled.getIfPresent(tableName);
      if (requiresReplication == null) {
        // check if the table requires memstore replication
        // some unit-test drop the table, so we should do a bypass check and always replicate.
        HTableDescriptor htd = tableDescriptors.get(tableName);
        requiresReplication = htd == null || htd.hasRegionMemstoreReplication();
        memstoreReplicationEnabled.put(tableName, requiresReplication);
      }

      // if memstore replication is not required, check the entries.
      // meta edits (e.g. flush) must be always replicated.
      if (!requiresReplication) {
        int skipEdits = 0;
        java.util.Iterator<Entry> it = entries.iterator();
        while (it.hasNext()) {
          Entry entry = it.next();
          if (entry.getEdit().isMetaEdit()) {
            requiresReplication = true;
          } else {
            it.remove();
            skipEdits++;
          }
        }
        skippedEdits.addAndGet(skipEdits);
      }
      return requiresReplication;
    }
 @Override
 public Entry filter(Entry entry) {
   // if orig seq id is set, skip replaying the entry
   if (entry.getKey().getOrigLogSeqNum() > 0) {
     return null;
   }
   return entry;
 }