}
/** load keyspace (table) definitions, but do not initialize the table instances. */
public static void loadSchemas() throws IOException
{
ColumnFamilyStore schemaCFS = SystemTable.schemaCFS(SystemTable.SCHEMA_KEYSPACES_CF);
// if table with definitions is empty try loading the old way
if (schemaCFS.estimateKeys() == 0)
{
// we can load tables from local storage if a version is set in the system table and that actually maps to
// real data in the definitions table. If we do end up loading from xml, store the definitions so that we
// don't load from xml anymore.
UUID uuid = MigrationManager.getLastMigrationId();