I’m also experimenting with version 0.13, and see that it differs from 0.12 significantly. Can you give me a code example for 0.13?
Thanks Brian On Jun 13, 2014, at 9:25 AM, Brian Jeltema <brian.jelt...@digitalenvoy.net> wrote: > 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 >> >
