Re: hooks in metastore functions

2011-03-09 Thread John Sichi
Couldn't we reuse HiveMetaHook for this new purpose (with an instance loaded via global config vs associated with the table handler)? JVS On Mar 8, 2011, at 2:12 PM, Ashutosh Chauhan wrote: Hi all, I have a requirement that every time some change on metastore takes place, we have some

Re: hooks in metastore functions

2011-03-09 Thread Ashutosh Chauhan
It might be possible to extend and modify the HiveMetaHook interface. But, I think keeping them separate is better because MetaHook and MetaStoreListener are interfaces for two different functionalities. MetaHook is for communicating with external system if there is a need for it.

Re: hooks in metastore functions

2011-03-09 Thread John Sichi
Yeah, thinking about it more, they're likely to end up looking different. The listener should cover most possible repository changes, whereas HiveMetaHook is focused on a narrower set of object definitions. JVS On Mar 9, 2011, at 1:48 PM, Ashutosh Chauhan wrote: It might be possible to