[HIVE-1607] Reinstate and deprecate IMetaStoreClient methods removed in HIVE-675

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.7.0
• Component/s: Metastore
• Assignee: Carl Steinbach
• Reporter: Carl Steinbach
• Created: 30/Aug/10 23:44
• Updated: 16/Dec/11 23:59
• Resolved: 28/Sep/10 21:18

Description

Several methods were removed from the IMetaStoreClient interface as part of HIVE-675:

  /**
   * Drop the table.
   *
   * @param tableName
   *          The table to drop
   * @param deleteData
   *          Should we delete the underlying data
   * @throws MetaException
   *           Could not drop table properly.
   * @throws UnknownTableException
   *           The table wasn't found.
   * @throws TException
   *           A thrift communication error occurred
   * @throws NoSuchObjectException
   *           The table wasn't found.
   */
  public void dropTable(String tableName, boolean deleteData)
      throws MetaException, UnknownTableException, TException,
      NoSuchObjectException;

  /**
   * Get a table object.
   *
   * @param tableName
   *          Name of the table to fetch.
   * @return An object representing the table.
   * @throws MetaException
   *           Could not fetch the table
   * @throws TException
   *           A thrift communication error occurred
   * @throws NoSuchObjectException
   *           In case the table wasn't found.
   */
  public Table getTable(String tableName) throws MetaException, TException,
      NoSuchObjectException;

  public boolean tableExists(String databaseName, String tableName) throws MetaException,
      TException, UnknownDBException;

These methods should be reinstated with a deprecation warning.

Issue Links

• is related to: HIVE-675 Add Database/Schema support to Hive QL