[HIVE-11630] Use string intering with HiveConf to be more space efficient

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 0.13.0, 0.14.0, 1.0.0, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.2.0
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Vaibhav Gumashta
• Created: 24/Aug/15 22:44
• Updated: 23/Aug/19 04:11

Description

The giant enum HiveConf#ConfVars has String fields varname and description. Each new session on HiveServer2 creates a new conf object, which means wastefully creating the varname and description string for each enum object.