From d4200ab39ef8cca668a008c95d267afb24b46047 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Purtell <apurtell@apache.org>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 16:58:45 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] HBASE-12995 Document that HConnection#getTable methods do not
 check table existence since 0.98.1

---
 .../org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Connection.java  | 13 ++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Connection.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Connection.java
index 2791d61178e..cb4b0d82cc3 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Connection.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Connection.java
@@ -74,10 +74,13 @@ public interface Connection extends Abortable, Closeable {
    * The returned Table is not thread safe, a new instance should be created for each using thread.
    * This is a lightweight operation, pooling or caching of the returned Table
    * is neither required nor desired.
-   * <br>
+   * <p>
    * The caller is responsible for calling {@link Table#close()} on the returned
    * table instance.
-   *
+   * <p>
+   * Since 0.98.1 this method no longer checks table existence. An exception
+   * will be thrown if the table does not exist only when the first operation is
+   * attempted.
    * @param tableName the name of the table
    * @return a Table to use for interactions with this table
    */
@@ -88,9 +91,13 @@ public interface Connection extends Abortable, Closeable {
    * The returned Table is not thread safe, a new instance should be created for each using thread.
    * This is a lightweight operation, pooling or caching of the returned Table
    * is neither required nor desired.
-   * <br>
+   * <p>
    * The caller is responsible for calling {@link Table#close()} on the returned
    * table instance.
+   * <p>
+   * Since 0.98.1 this method no longer checks table existence. An exception
+   * will be thrown if the table does not exist only when the first operation is
+   * attempted.
    *
    * @param tableName the name of the table
    * @param pool The thread pool to use for batch operations, null to use a default pool.