Github user kumarvishal09 commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/incubator-carbondata/pull/339#discussion_r93005864
--- Diff:
core/src/main/java/org/apache/carbondata/core/cache/dictionary/ReverseDictionaryCache.java
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@@ -167,12 +167,9 @@ private Dictionary getDictionary(
DictionaryColumnUniqueIdentifier dictionaryColumnUniqueIdentifier)
throws CarbonUtilException {
Dictionary reverseDictionary = null;
- // create column dictionary info object only if dictionary and its
- // metadata file exists for a given column identifier
- if (!isFileExistsForGivenColumn(dictionaryColumnUniqueIdentifier)) {
- throw new CarbonUtilException(
- "Either dictionary or its metadata does not exist for column
identifier :: "
- + dictionaryColumnUniqueIdentifier.getColumnIdentifier());
+ // create column dictionary info object only if it is primitive type.
+ if (dictionaryColumnUniqueIdentifier.getDataType().isComplexType()) {
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Do we need this check?? for complex data type column like array and struct
no need to invoke this class, as dictionary will be generated only for
primitive type column.
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