code: public static Deferred<UIDMeta> getUIDMeta(final TSDB tsdb, 
        final UniqueIdType type, final String uid) {
      return getUIDMeta(tsdb, type, UniqueId.stringToUid(uid));
    }
docs: Convenience overload of {@code getUIDMeta(TSDB, UniqueIdType, byte[])}
  @param tsdb The TSDB to use for storage access
  @param type The type of UID to fetch
  @param uid The ID of the meta to fetch
  @return A UIDMeta from storage or a default
  @throws HBaseException if there was an issue fetching
  @throws NoSuchUniqueId If the UID does not exist