code: protected void updateResultObject(final TableEntity ent) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
          this.result = ent;
          ent.setEtag(this.etag);
          if (this.etag != null) {
              ent.setTimestamp(parseETagForTimestamp(this.etag));
          }
      }
docs: Reserved for internal use. Sets the result to associate with the table operation as a {@link TableEntity}.
  
  @param ent
  An instance of an object implementing {@link TableEntity} to associate with the table operation.
  @throws UnsupportedEncodingException