in src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/pig/AccumuloStorage.java [50:60]
protected Tuple getTuple(Key key, Value value) throws IOException {
// and wrap it in a tuple
Tuple tuple = TupleFactory.getInstance().newTuple(6);
tuple.set(0, new DataByteArray(key.getRow().getBytes()));
tuple.set(1, new DataByteArray(key.getColumnFamily().getBytes()));
tuple.set(2, new DataByteArray(key.getColumnQualifier().getBytes()));
tuple.set(3, new DataByteArray(key.getColumnVisibility().getBytes()));
tuple.set(4, new Long(key.getTimestamp()));
tuple.set(5, new DataByteArray(value.get()));
return tuple;
}