[HIVE-14723] Move doesTableNeedLocation from DDLTask to HiveStorageHandler

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: StorageHandler
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jesús Camacho Rodríguez
• Created: 08/Sep/16 09:42
• Updated: 27/Feb/24 22:13

Description

Consider moving doesTableNeedLocation method from DDLTask to HiveStorageHandler interface.

https://github.com/apache/hive/blob/master/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/exec/DDLTask.java#L4471

We should take into account that it would break compatibility with existing 3rd party StorageHandlers. However, it seems better than the current solution, i.e. referencing specific storage handlers in the method.