public static Connector initConnector() { Instance instance = new MockInstance(); try { Connector connector = instance.getConnector("root", "password".getBytes()); // set up table connector.tableOperations().create("partition"); // set up root's auths connector .securityOperations() .changeUserAuthorizations("root", new Authorizations("ALPHA,BETA,GAMMA".split(","))); return connector; } catch (CBException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } catch (CBSecurityException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } catch (TableExistsException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return null; }