This module has proto files used by core. These protos overlap with protos that are used by coprocessor endpoints (CPEP) in the module hbase-protocol. So core versions have a different name, the generated classes are relocated -- i.e. shaded -- to a new location; they are moved from org.apache.hadoop.hbase.* to org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded. proto files layout: protobuf/client - client to server messages, client rpc service and protos, used in hbase-client exclusively; protobuf/rest - hbase-rest messages; protobuf/rpc - rpc and post-rpc tracing messages; protobuf/server/coprocessor - coprocessor rpc services; protobuf/server/coprocessor/example - coprocessors rpc services examples from hbase-examples; protobuf/server/io - filesystem and hbase-server/io protos; protobuf/server/maser - master rpc services and messages; protobuf/server/region - region rpc services and messages (except client rpc service, which is in Client.proto); protobuf/server/rsgroup - rsgroup protos; protobuf/server/zookeeper - protos for zookeeper and ones used exclusively in hbase-zookeeper module; protobuf/server - protos used across other server protos; protobuf/test - protos used in tests; protobuf/ - protos used across other protos, exclusive for hbase-mapreduce and hbase-backup, other protos.