def to_pb(self):
"""Converts the column family to a protobuf.
:rtype: :class:`.table_v2_pb2.ColumnFamily`
:returns: The converted current object.
"""
if self.gc_rule is None:
return table_v2_pb2.ColumnFamily()
else:
return table_v2_pb2.ColumnFamily(gc_rule=self.gc_rule.to_pb())
def _ColumnFamilyPB(*args, **kw):
from gcloud.bigtable._generated import (table_pb2 as table_v2_pb2)
return table_v2_pb2.ColumnFamily(*args, **kw)