ColumnAlias alias = new ColumnAlias();
alias.setColumnFamily("cf");
alias.setQualifier("qualifier");
alias.setValueType(valueType);
ColumnFilter columnFilter = new ColumnFilter();
columnFilter.setFilterType(type);
columnFilter.setValue("123");
columnFilter.setColumnAlias(alias);
ShortComparator expectedComp = new ShortComparator((short) 123, 0, -1);
SingleColumnValueFilter expectedFilter = new SingleColumnValueFilter(
Bytes.toBytes("cf"), Bytes.toBytes("qualifier"),
CompareOp.GREATER_OR_EQUAL, expectedComp);