code: @Override
      public List<HBaseData> LoadData(HTableInterface hTable, String columnFamily, Object rowKey, Filter filter,
              String... columns) throws IOException
      {
          List<HBaseData> results = new ArrayList<HBaseData>();
          if (scanner == null)
          {
  
              // only in case of find by id
              Scan scan = null;
              if (rowKey != null)
              {
                  byte[] rowKeyBytes = HBaseUtils.getBytes(rowKey);
                  Get g = new Get(rowKeyBytes);
  
                  // TODO: After more than one column family for 1 table. this
                  // should work. currently failing for embeddable entities.
                  if (columnFamily != null)
                  {
                      g.addFamily(Bytes.toBytes(columnFamily));
                  }
  
                  if (filter != null)
                  {
                      g.setFilter(filter);
                  }
                  Result result = hTable.get(g);
  
                  if (result != null && result.list() != null)
                  {
                      HBaseData data = null;
                      for (KeyValue value : result.list())
                      {
                          data = new HBaseData(columnFamily != null ? columnFamily : new String(value.getFamily()),
                                  value.getRow());
                          break;
                      }
  
                      if (data != null)
                      {
                          data.setColumns(result.list());
                          results.add(data);
                      }
  
                  }
                  return results;
  
                  // scan = new Scan(g);
              }
              else
              {
                  scan = new Scan();
              }
              setScanCriteria(filter, columnFamily, null, scan, columns);
              scanner = hTable.getScanner(scan);
              resultsIter = scanner.iterator();
          }
          return scanResults(columnFamily, results);
      }
docs: /*
  (non-Javadoc)
  
  @see
  com.impetus.client.hbase.Reader#LoadData(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client
  .HTable, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)