public static byte[][] getSplitKeysArray(final CreateTableRequest proto) {
    byte[][] splitKeys = new byte[proto.getSplitKeysCount()][];
    for (int i = 0; i < proto.getSplitKeysCount(); ++i) {
      splitKeys[i] = proto.getSplitKeys(i).toByteArray();
    }
    return splitKeys;
  }
get the split keys in form "byte [][]" from a CreateTableRequest proto
@param proto the CreateTableRequest
@return the split keys
hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/shaded/protobuf/ProtobufUtil.java