final byte[] row_key = new byte[TREE_ID_WIDTH + 1];
System.arraycopy(idToBytes(tree_id), 0, row_key, 0, TREE_ID_WIDTH);
row_key[TREE_ID_WIDTH] = NOT_MATCHED_ROW_SUFFIX;
final GetRequest get = new GetRequest(tsdb.treeTable(), row_key);
get.family(TREE_FAMILY);
// if the caller provided a list of TSUIDs, then we need to compile a list
// of qualifiers so we only fetch those columns.
if (tsuids != null && !tsuids.isEmpty()) {
final byte[][] qualifiers = new byte[tsuids.size()][];