public boolean hasFamAndQual(Text fam, Text qual) {
    for (ColumnTuple tuple : tuples) {
      if (tuple.getCf().equals(fam) && tuple.getCq().equals(qual)) {
        return true;
      }
    }
    return false;
  }
@return true if this instance has a tuple containing fam and qual, false otherwise.
accumulo-handler/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/accumulo/AccumuloHiveRow.java