*/
public static SplitEntityGroupRequest buildSplitEntityGroupRequest(
final byte[] entityGroupName, final byte[] splitPoint) {
SplitEntityGroupRequest.Builder builder = SplitEntityGroupRequest
.newBuilder();
EntityGroupSpecifier entityGroup = buildEntityGroupSpecifier(
EntityGroupSpecifierType.ENTITYGROUP_NAME, entityGroupName);
builder.setEntityGroup(entityGroup);
if (splitPoint != null) {
builder.setSplitPoint(ByteString.copyFrom(splitPoint));
}