public void write(org.apache.thrift.protocol.TProtocol oprot, TColumn struct) throws org.apache.thrift.TException {
      struct.validate();

      oprot.writeStructBegin(STRUCT_DESC);
      if (struct.family != null) {
        oprot.writeFieldBegin(FAMILY_FIELD_DESC);
        oprot.writeBinary(struct.family);
        oprot.writeFieldEnd();
      }
      if (struct.qualifier != null) {
        if (struct.isSetQualifier()) {
          oprot.writeFieldBegin(QUALIFIER_FIELD_DESC);
          oprot.writeBinary(struct.qualifier);
          oprot.writeFieldEnd();
        }
      }
      if (struct.isSetTimestamp()) {
        oprot.writeFieldBegin(TIMESTAMP_FIELD_DESC);
        oprot.writeI64(struct.timestamp);
        oprot.writeFieldEnd();
      }
      oprot.writeFieldStop();
      oprot.writeStructEnd();
    }
Returns true if field corresponding to fieldID is set (has been assigned a value) and false otherwise
hbase-thrift/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift2/generated/TColumn.java