BytesWritable val = curVals.get(col);
byte[] bytes = new byte[val.getSize()];
System.arraycopy(val.get(), 0, bytes, 0, bytes.length);
String curval = new String(bytes).trim();
if(col.compareTo(CONTENTS_BASIC) == 0) {
assertTrue("Error at:" + curKey.getRow() + "/" + curKey.getTimestamp()
+ ", Value for " + col + " should start with: " + CONTENTSTR
+ ", but was fetched as: " + curval,
curval.startsWith(CONTENTSTR));
contentsFetched++;