[HIVE-1369] LazySimpleSerDe should be able to read classes that support some form of toString()

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 0.5.0
• Component/s: Serializers/Deserializers
• Labels: SerDe
• Assignee: Alex Kozlov
• Reporter: Alex Kozlov
• Created: 25/May/10 19:27
• Updated: 14/Feb/11 21:02

Description

Currently LazySimpleSerDe is able to deserialize only BytesWritable or Text objects. It should be pretty easy to extend the class to read any object that implements toString() method.

Ideas or concerns?

Alex K