Version 0.12.0. I’d like to obtain the table’s schema, scan a table partition, and use the schema to parse the rows.
I can probably figure this out by looking at the HCatalog source. My concern was that the HCatalog packages in the Hive distributions are excluded in the JavaDoc, which implies that the API is not public. Is there a reason for this? Brian On Jun 13, 2014, at 9:10 AM, Dmitry Vasilenko <dvasi...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >
