[HIVE-476] Add getTable and getPartition calls to the ReadEntity and WriteEntity objects in PreExecute hooks.

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.4.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.4.0
• Component/s: Query Processor
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Release Note: table and partition objects are available in pre-execution hook interface.
• Assignee: Ashish Thusoo
• Reporter: Ashish Thusoo
• Created: 06/May/09 22:11
• Updated: 17/Dec/11 00:07
• Resolved: 08/May/09 16:25

Description

These functions are useful when properties of the tables and partitions have to be modified from the user defined PreExecute hook.

I will be using it in the archival plugin which automatically unarchives from an archival store and changes the metadata to indicate this fact in the metastore.