title: java.io.EOFException when trying to run examples on HBase standalone
body: <p>I'm trying to run this example: <a href="https://github.com/larsgeorge/hbase-book/blob/master/ch03/src/main/java/client/PutExample.java" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/larsgeorge/hbase-book/blob/master/ch03/src/main/java/client/PutExample.java</a>, from this book: <a href="http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9781449396107/" rel="nofollow">http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9781449396107/</a>, on a standalone HBase installation. Starting HBase works fine and the shell is accessible, but when I try to run the example I get the following error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Exception in thread "main" java.io.IOException: Call to /127.0.0.1:55958 failed on local exception: java.io.EOFException
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.HBaseClient.wrapException(HBaseClient.java:872)
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.HBaseClient.call(HBaseClient.java:841)
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.WritableRpcEngine$Invoker.invoke(WritableRpcEngine.java:141)
          at $Proxy4.getProtocolVersion(Unknown Source)
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.WritableRpcEngine.getProxy(WritableRpcEngine.java:174)
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.HBaseRPC.getProxy(HBaseRPC.java:295)
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.HBaseRPC.getProxy(HBaseRPC.java:272)
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.HBaseRPC.getProxy(HBaseRPC.java:324)
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.HBaseRPC.waitForProxy(HBaseRPC.java:228)
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation.getHRegionConnection(HConnectionManager.java:1228)
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation.getHRegionConnection(HConnectionManager.java:1190)
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation.getHRegionConnection(HConnectionManager.java:1177)
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation.locateRegionInMeta(HConnectionManager.java:914)
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation.locateRegion(HConnectionManager.java:810)
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation.relocateRegion(HConnectionManager.java:784)
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation.locateRegionInMeta(HConnectionManager.java:1014)
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation.locateRegion(HConnectionManager.java:814)
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation.locateRegion(HConnectionManager.java:778)
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HTable.&lt;init&gt;(HTable.java:188)
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.HTable.&lt;init&gt;(HTable.java:159)
          at client.CRUDExample.main(CRUDExample.java:26)
      Caused by: java.io.EOFException
          at java.io.DataInputStream.readInt(DataInputStream.java:375)
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.HBaseClient$Connection.receiveResponse(HBaseClient.java:548)
          at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc.HBaseClient$Connection.run(HBaseClient.java:486)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance.</p>