samredai commented on a change in pull request #3253: URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/3253#discussion_r725713428
########## File path: site/docs/java-api-quickstart.md ########## @@ -23,12 +23,21 @@ Tables are created using either a [`Catalog`](./javadoc/master/index.html?org/ap ### Using a Hive catalog -The Hive catalog connects to a Hive MetaStore to keep track of Iceberg tables. This example uses Spark's Hadoop configuration to get a Hive catalog: +The Hive catalog connects to a Hive MetaStore to keep track of Iceberg tables. +You can initialize a Hive Catalog with a name and some properties. +(see: [Catalog properties](https://iceberg.apache.org/configuration/#catalog-properties)) Review comment: Done! Added a note right before the code snippet: ```markdown **note:** Currently, `setConf` is always required for hive catalogs, but this will change in the future. ``` -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
