HTable table = getTable(tableName);
byte [][] columnsArray = null;
columnsArray = columns.toArray(new byte[0][]);
Scan scan = new Scan(startAndPrefix);
scan.addColumns(columnsArray);
Filter f = new WhileMatchFilter(
new PrefixFilter(startAndPrefix));
scan.setFilter(f);
return addScanner(table.getScanner(scan));
} catch (IOException e) {
throw new IOError(e.getMessage());