String filters;
try {
scannerDescriptor = new JSONObject(new String(input));
columnArray = scannerDescriptor.optJSONArray(RESTConstants.COLUMNS);
timestamp = scannerDescriptor.optLong(RESTConstants.SCANNER_TIMESTAMP);
startRow = Bytes.toBytes(scannerDescriptor.optString(
RESTConstants.SCANNER_START_ROW, ""));
stopRow = Bytes.toBytes(scannerDescriptor.optString(
RESTConstants.SCANNER_STOP_ROW, ""));