Let HiveTableDescriptor be constructed directly from an org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.Table instance

[matt-martin]

The current implementation of HiveTableDescriptor makes it difficult to create a table with a non-default location or a custom input/output format (there may be other limitations, but those are the two most notable that I've seen). Why not allow people to create a org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.Table object directly and then just pass it in to the HiveTableDescriptor constructor. The folks who don't want to know about storage descriptors, etc can keep using the existing constructors, but I think this new constructor would be essential for anyone who has even moderately customized Hive tables.

[fs111]

I like the idea. Basically we would have to revert the logic within the class. I am currently pretty busy with other assignments, so if you want to give it a go, I can review your changes and integrate them.

The only thing I need from you is a signed copy of the Contributor Agreement: http://files.concurrentinc.com/agreements/Concurrent_Contributor_Agreement.doc Just mail it to andre[at]concurrentinc[dot]com

Thanks!

[stephanh]

Is anyone working on this?

We have a requirement to be able to create external table and change the location of the table.

[matt-martin]

For the record: I'm not doing any work on this at the moment. Just don't have the bandwidth unfortunately.