// start reading, but save the assertions for @Test methods
buffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(outputBytes);
blockMetaReader = new PrefixTreeBlockMeta(buffer);
searcher = new PrefixTreeArraySearcher(blockMetaReader, blockMetaReader.getRowTreeDepth(),
blockMetaReader.getMaxRowLength(), blockMetaReader.getMaxQualifierLength(),
blockMetaReader.getMaxTagsLength());
searcher.initOnBlock(blockMetaReader, outputBytes, includeMemstoreTS);
}