You should be able to access this information. The exact API depends on the version of Hive/HCat. As you know earlier HCat API is being deprecated and will be removed in Hive 0.14.0. I can provide you with the code sample if you tell me what you are trying to do and what version of Hive you are using.
On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 7:33 AM, Brian Jeltema < brian.jelt...@digitalenvoy.net> wrote: > I’m experimenting with HCatalog, and would like to be able to access > tables and their schema > from a Java application (not Hive/Pig/MapReduce). However, the API seems > to be hidden, which > leads leads me to believe that this is not a supported use case. Is > HCatalog use limited to > one of the supported frameworks? > > TIA > > Brian
