Create a client

API used

hb_client_create(): Initializes a handle to hb_client_t object that can be passed to other APIs. You need to use this method only once per cluster. The returned handle is thread-safe. This API is defined in the client.h header file.

Code

if ((retCode = hb_client_create(connection, &client)) != 0) {
  HBASE_LOG_ERROR("Could not connect to HBase cluster : errorCode = %d.", retCode);
  goto cleanup;
}