reducer.hasLegacyCounterShards);
// in case no columns were ever written, we may still need to write an empty header with a top-level tombstone
indexBuilder.maybeWriteEmptyRowHeader();
out.writeShort(BigTableWriter.END_OF_ROW);
close();
return RowIndexEntry.create(currentPosition, emptyColumnFamily.deletionInfo().getTopLevelDeletion(), columnsIndex);
}