title: Data type conversion in Hbase
body: <p>A an using the Hbase StreamReactor Kafka Connector with this configuration</p>
  
  <pre><code>name=person-hbase 
  connector.class=com.datamountaineer.streamreactor.connect.hbase.HbaseSinkConnector 
  tasks.max=1 
  topics=hbase-topic
  connect.hbase.column.family=d
  connect.hbase.kcql=INSERT INTO person SELECT * FROM hbase-topic PK firstName, lastName
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Why are values sent from Kafka to HBase represented in this way?
  <code>value=@\xB56\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00</code></p>
  
  <p>How to change it to normal readable way?</p>
  
  <pre><code>hbase(main):004:0* scan 'person'
  ROW                                                  COLUMN+CELL
   Anna\x0AJones                                       column=d:age, timestamp=1463056888641, value=\x00\x00\x00\x1C
   Anna\x0AJones                                       column=d:firstName, timestamp=1463056888641, value=Anna
   Anna\x0AJones                                       column=d:income, timestamp=1463056888641, value=@\xB56\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00
   Anna\x0AJones                                       column=d:lastName, timestamp=1463056888641, value=Jones
   John\x0ASmith                                       column=d:age, timestamp=1463056693877, value=\x00\x00\x00\x1E
   John\x0ASmith                                       column=d:firstName, timestamp=1463056693877, value=John
   John\x0ASmith                                       column=d:income, timestamp=1463056693877, value=@\xB2\xDE\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00
   John\x0ASmith                                       column=d:lastName, timestamp=1463056693877, value=Smith
  2 row(s) in 0.0260 seconds
  </code></pre>