Using java's getBytes() vs using Bytes.getBytes()

[Hari Sreekumar]

Hi,

I have seen people using java's native .toBytes() function without any
problems which converting tablenames etc. to bytes. I would just like to
confirm if using java's native toBytes() is fine. Is there a possibility
that the HBase byte conversion codec might change in future? Is it currently
safe?

Thanks,
HS