title: What happens when you do not close an HBase table?
body: <p>I am considering creating a HBase table when my application starts up and leaving it open as long as my application is running. My application may run indefinitely. </p>
  
  <p>What happens if I never close the HBase table? </p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Is there a maximum time the  connection can be open/idle before it need to be reinitialized? </li>
  <li>How is the connection closed if the system crashed?</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I have <em>HBase The Definitive Guide</em> but I have not found the information I am looking for in there. If there are any online references for this then  please provide them. </p>