Method delete

src/HBaseClient.java:2225–2228

Deletes data from HBase. @param request The delete request. @return A deferred object that indicates the completion of the request. The Object has not special meaning and can be null (think of it as Deferred ). But you probably want to attach at least an errback

(final DeleteRequest request)

   * at least an errback to this {@code Deferred} to handle failures.
   */
  public Deferred<Object> delete(final DeleteRequest request) {
    num_deletes.increment();
    return sendRpcToRegion(request);
  }

  /**
   * Eagerly prefetches and caches a table's region metadata from HBase.