[HIVE-7484] Format-independent fixture for testing storage formats

• Type: Test
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: Serializers/Deserializers
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: David Chen
• Created: 23/Jul/14 03:30
• Updated: 23/Jul/14 03:40

Description

HIVE-7286 and HIVE-7420 adds test fixtures for running HCatalog core and HCatalog Pig Adapter tests against all native storage formats in Hive (i.e. those registered via StorageFormatDescriptor). Currently, Serdes are scattered between the ql and serde modules and storage formats have little shared test code.

As a result, a similar format-independent test fixture should be added to provide a common set of tests for all native storage formats. These tests will also be self-documenting, making it easier to keep track of incomplete or unstable storage formats by making it possible to disable running certain tests against a given storage format.

Issue Links

• is related to: HIVE-7286 Parameterize HCatMapReduceTest for testing against all Hive storage formats
• is related to: HIVE-7420 Parameterize tests for HCatalog Pig interfaces for testing against all storage formats
• is related to: HIVE-7485 Add documentation on new Serde test fixtures