code: @Deprecated
    public Table getTable(String tableName) throws IOException {
      return getTable(TableName.valueOf(tableName));
    }
docs: This should not be used.  The hbase shell needs this in hbase 0.99.2. Remove this once
  1.0.0 comes out.
  
  @param tableName a {@link java.lang.String} object.
  @return a {@link org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Table} object.
  @throws java.io.IOException if any.