2 This maven module has protobuf definition files ('.protos') used by hbase
3 Coprocessor Endpoints that ship with hbase core (including tests). Coprocessor
4 Endpoints are meant to be standalone, independent code not reliant on hbase
5 internals. They define their Service using protobuf. The protobuf version
6 they use can be distinct from that used by HBase internally since HBase started
7 shading its protobuf references. Endpoints have no access to the shaded protobuf
8 hbase uses. They do have access to the content of hbase-protocol -- the
9 .protos found in this module -- but avoid using as much of this as you can as it is
12 Generation of java files from protobuf .proto files included here is done as