Github user jackylk commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/carbondata/pull/1720#discussion_r158512233
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core/src/main/java/org/apache/carbondata/core/metadata/datatype/DataTypes.java
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@@ -184,4 +224,58 @@ public static boolean isMapType(DataType dataType) {
return dataType.getId() == MAP_TYPE_ID;
}
+ /**
+ * This class is added to support backword compatibility with table info
object, where DATATYPE
+ * is string in old version and OBJECT in new version
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mention which version explicitly
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