private static ArrayList<byte[]> toQuotedByteArrays(String... stringArgs) {
    ArrayList<byte[]> quotedArgs = new ArrayList<>();
    for (String stringArg : stringArgs) {
      // all the filters' instantiation methods expected quoted args since they are coming from
      // the shell, so add them here, though it shouldn't really be needed :-/
      quotedArgs.add(Bytes.toBytes("'" + stringArg + "'"));
    }
    return quotedArgs;
  }
Create a {@link Filter} to apply to all incoming keys ({@link KeyValue KeyValues}) to
optionally not include in the job output
@param conf {@link Configuration} from which to load the filter
@return the filter to use for the task, or <tt>null</tt> if no filter to should be used
@throws IllegalArgumentException if the filter is misconfigured
hbase-mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/mapreduce/Import.java