Details
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Type:
Improvement
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Status: Reopened
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Priority:
Minor
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Resolution: Unresolved
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Affects Version/s: None
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Fix Version/s: None
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Component/s: Documentation
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Labels:None
Description
GenericUDFs are very poorly documented, this includes everything they relate to:
- ObjectInspector (JavaDoc not really helpful for someone not familiar with Hive)
- ObjectInspectorFactory
- ObjectInspectorConverters
- ...
An example would help as well as a unit test for one of the built in GenericUDFs. Writing a normal UDF is pretty well documented but GenericUDFs (and UDTF/UDAF) require more knowledge about the inner workings of Hive and that could be documented better.