public static ModifyTableRequest buildModifyTableRequest(final TableName tableName,
    final TableDescriptor tableDesc, final long nonceGroup, final long nonce,
    final boolean reopenRegions) {
    ModifyTableRequest.Builder builder = ModifyTableRequest.newBuilder();
    builder.setTableName(ProtobufUtil.toProtoTableName(tableName));
    builder.setTableSchema(ProtobufUtil.toTableSchema(tableDesc));
    builder.setNonceGroup(nonceGroup);
    builder.setNonce(nonce);
    builder.setReopenRegions(reopenRegions);
    return builder.build();
  }
Creates a protocol buffer ModifyTableRequest
@return a ModifyTableRequest
hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/shaded/protobuf/RequestConverter.java