private boolean isLatestValueEmpty(Cell cell, PeekingIterator<RowResult<Value>> values) {
while (values.hasNext()) {
RowResult<Value> result = values.peek();
int comparison =
UnsignedBytes.lexicographicalComparator().compare(cell.getRowName(), result.getRowName());
if (comparison == 0) {
Value matchingValue = result.getColumns().get(cell.getColumnName());
return matchingValue != null && matchingValue.getContents().length == 0;
} else if (comparison < 0) {
return false;
} else {
values.next();
}
}
return false;
}
static Cell getMetadataCell(String tableName) {
return Cell.create(tableName.getBytes(), "m".getBytes());
}