title: HBase database : Is it possible to filter on a column qualifier using Java API/REST API?
body: <p>I'm completely new to HBase and I'm used to RDBMS database where I can use the <strong>WHERE clause</strong> to filter the records.
  So, is there something similar to RDBMS using <strong>Java API</strong> or <strong>REST API</strong> exposed by HBase to filter the records using a <strong>column qualifier</strong>?</p>