[HIVE-3246] java primitive type for binary datatype should be byte[]

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.9.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.10.0
• Hadoop Flags: Incompatible change

Release Note

This fix changes the internal representation of binary type within Hive. UDFs which were using binary type and making use of the fact that java representation of binary data in Hive is ByteArrayRef needs to be updated to reflect that now that representation is byte[] instead. Also note that this doesn't change the format for on-disk data.

• Assignee: Thejas Nair
• Reporter: Thejas Nair
• Created: 09/Jul/12 21:30
• Updated: 10/Jan/13 19:53
• Resolved: 19/Jul/12 17:13

Description

PrimitiveObjectInspector.getPrimitiveJavaObject is supposed to return a java object. But in case of binary datatype, it returns ByteArrayRef (not java standard type). The suitable java object for it would be byte[].

Issue Links

• relates to: HIVE-3266 Hive queries over thrift binary fields fail