Bulk Operation

FLINK-12755 add IT case for reading and writing generic table metadata via HiveCatalog

FLINK-12755 move tests for data type mappings between Flink and Hive into its own test class

FLINK-12755 write documentation and quickstart for Flink-Hive integration

FLINK-12755 unify configs for meta-objects in HiveCatalog

FLINK-12755 override default hadoop version from 2.4.1 to 2.7.5 in flink-connector-hive

FLINK-12755 append hive-site.xml to path of Hive conf dir

FLINK-12755 rename hive-site-path to hive-conf-dir to be consistent with standard name in Hive

FLINK-12755 package flink-connector-hive into flink distribution

FLINK-12755 add hadoop dependencies as 'flink-shaded-hadoop-2-uber' for flink-connector-hive to connect to remote hive metastore service

FLINK-12755 check certain properties that are not supported when alter database in HiveCatalog

FLINK-12755 use Flink's LogicalTypeRoot for type comparison in HiveTypeUtil

FLINK-12755 Support mapping ARRAY, MAP, ROW (STRUCT) between Flink and Hive in HiveCatalog

FLINK-12755 Support ConnectorCatalogTable in HiveCatalog

FLINK-12755 migrate HiveCatalog from TypeInformation-based old type system to DataType-based new type system

FLINK-12755 Support mapping BinaryType, VarBinaryType, CharType, VarCharType, and DecimalType between Flink and Hive in HiveCatalog