public static void addFilterAndArguments(Configuration conf, Class<? extends Filter> clazz,
    List<String> filterArgs) throws IOException {
    conf.set(Import.FILTER_CLASS_CONF_KEY, clazz.getName());
    conf.setStrings(Import.FILTER_ARGS_CONF_KEY, filterArgs.toArray(new String[filterArgs.size()]));
  }
Add a Filter to be instantiated on import
@param conf       Configuration to update (will be passed to the job)
@param clazz      {@link Filter} subclass to instantiate on the server.
@param filterArgs List of arguments to pass to the filter on instantiation
hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/Import.java