public Response delete(Cluster cluster, String path) throws IOException {
    HttpDelete method = new HttpDelete(path);
    try {
      HttpResponse resp = execute(cluster, method, null, path);
      Header[] headers = resp.getAllHeaders();
      byte[] content = getResponseBody(resp);
      return new Response(resp.getStatusLine().getStatusCode(), headers, content);
    } finally {
      method.releaseConnection();
    }
  }
Send a DELETE request
@param cluster the cluster definition
@param path    the path or URI
@return a Response object with response detail
@throws IOException for error
hbase-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/client/Client.java