[FLINK-8243] OrcTableSource should recursively read all files in nested directories of the input path.

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.4.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.5.0, 1.4.1
• Component/s: Batch Connectors and Input/Output Formats
• Assignee: Fabian Hueske
• Reporter: Fabian Hueske
• Created: 12/Dec/17 11:03
• Updated: 05/Feb/18 16:22
• Resolved: 05/Feb/18 16:22

Description

The OrcTableSource only reads files on the first level of the provided input path.

Hive's default behavior is to recursively read all nested files in the input path. We should follow this behavior and add a switch to disable recursive reading.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #5344