Usage:

    client.execute("select inline_table( "
            + "ARRAY("
            + " STRUCT (1,'dude!'),"
            + " STRUCT (2,'Wheres'),"
            + " STRUCT (3,'my car?')"
            + ")"
            + ")  as (id, text) from inline");
    

@Ed: Looks cool! Can you post a review request? Thanks.

https://reviews.facebook.net/D4035

@Edward, can you fix the lint error ?
otherwise looks good.

+1

Committed. Thanks Edward

Integrated in Hive-trunk-h0.21 #1579 (See https://builds.apache.org/job/Hive-trunk-h0.21/1579/)
HIVE-3238 A table generating, table generating function
(Edward via namit) (Revision 1367411)

Result = FAILURE
namit : http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/?root=Apache-SVN&view=rev&rev=1367411
Files :

• /hive/trunk/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/exec/FunctionRegistry.java
• /hive/trunk/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/udf/generic/GenericUDTFInline.java
• /hive/trunk/ql/src/test/queries/clientpositive/udf_inline.q
• /hive/trunk/ql/src/test/results/clientpositive/show_functions.q.out
• /hive/trunk/ql/src/test/results/clientpositive/udf_inline.q.out

Integrated in Hive-trunk-hadoop2 #54 (See https://builds.apache.org/job/Hive-trunk-hadoop2/54/)
HIVE-3238 A table generating, table generating function
(Edward via namit) (Revision 1367411)

Result = ABORTED
namit : http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/?root=Apache-SVN&view=rev&rev=1367411
Files :

• /hive/trunk/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/exec/FunctionRegistry.java
• /hive/trunk/ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/udf/generic/GenericUDTFInline.java
• /hive/trunk/ql/src/test/queries/clientpositive/udf_inline.q
• /hive/trunk/ql/src/test/results/clientpositive/show_functions.q.out
• /hive/trunk/ql/src/test/results/clientpositive/udf_inline.q.out

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