Method getRootRegion

src/HBaseClient.java:4540–4551

Attempts to lookup the ROOT region (or META, if 0.95 and up). @return true if a lookup was kicked off, false if not because we weren't connected to ZooKeeper.

()

     * weren't connected to ZooKeeper.
     */
    private boolean getRootRegion() {
      synchronized (this) {
        if (zk != null) {
          LOG.debug("Finding the ROOT or META region in ZooKeeper");
          final ZKCallback cb = new ZKCallback();
          zk.getData(base_path + "/root-region-server", this, cb, null);
          zk.getData(base_path + "/meta-region-server", this, cb, null);
          return true;
        }
      }
      return false;
    }

  }