Mainly for performance and for ability to query/modify easily. But you can plug-in a xml store by implementing a new MetaStore. I can help you if you want to do it.
________________________________ From: Min Zhou <[email protected]> Reply-To: <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:52:40 -0800 To: <[email protected]> Subject: why hive use jpox rather than xml to store database informations? hi list, Are there any significant benefits using jpox to store database informations, but not xml? Can anyone tell me why? Thanks, Jeremy -- My research interests are distributed systems, parallel computing and bytecode based virtual machine. http://coderplay.javaeye.com
