Github user mallman commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/15998#discussion_r90788135
--- Diff:
sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/HiveClientImpl.scala
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@@ -519,6 +519,26 @@ private[hive] class HiveClientImpl(
client.alterPartitions(table, newParts.map { p => toHivePartition(p,
hiveTable) }.asJava)
}
+ /**
+ * Returns the partition names for the given table that match the
supplied partition spec.
+ * If no partition spec is specified, all partitions are returned.
+ *
+ * The returned sequence is sorted as strings.
--- End diff --
The main use of this API is to answer `SHOW PARTITIONS` queries. Sorted
results are simply easier to read than unsorted results.
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