// either disappear entirely or not all.. this is important for the case
// where the process terminates in the loop below...
scanner = conn.createScanner(Constants.METADATA_TABLE_NAME, Constants.NO_AUTHS);
log.debug("Deleting range " + scanRange);
scanner.setRange(scanRange);
RowIterator rowIter = new RowIterator(scanner);
while (rowIter.hasNext()) {
Iterator<Entry<Key,Value>> row = rowIter.next();
m = null;
while (row.hasNext()) {
Entry<Key,Value> entry = row.next();
Key key = entry.getKey();