title: hbase api - get data rows information by list of row ids
body: <p>Is it possible to get hbase data records by list of row ids via hbase java API?</p>
  
  <p>For example, I have a known list of hbase row ids:</p>
  
  <p>mykey1:myhash1,
  mykey1:myhash2,
  mykey1:myhash3,
  mykey2:myhash5,
  ...</p>
  
  <p>and I want to get with single call to hbase all relevant column cell informations. I'm pretty new to hbase and i don't know is this even supported by the API.</p>
  
  <p>API pseudo code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>GetById(String tableName, List&lt;byte[]&gt; rowIds);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Something like that?</p>
  
  <p>I can retrieve information from single row with <code>Get(byte[] rowName)</code>, but when I have list of rowIds, I need to execute the get action several times, which cause establishing connection and closing it when completed each time.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>