public static ModifyColumnRequest buildModifyColumnRequest(final TableName tableName,
    final ColumnFamilyDescriptor column, final long nonceGroup, final long nonce) {
    ModifyColumnRequest.Builder builder = ModifyColumnRequest.newBuilder();
    builder.setTableName(ProtobufUtil.toProtoTableName(tableName));
    builder.setColumnFamilies(ProtobufUtil.toColumnFamilySchema(column));
    builder.setNonceGroup(nonceGroup);
    builder.setNonce(nonce);
    return builder.build();
  }
Create a protocol buffer ModifyColumnRequest
@return an ModifyColumnRequest
hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/shaded/protobuf/RequestConverter.java