org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.objectinspector

Interface UnionObjectInspector

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, ObjectInspector

All Known Implementing Classes:

LazyBinaryUnionObjectInspector, LazyUnionObjectInspector, SettableUnionObjectInspector, StandardUnionObjectInspector, ThriftUnionObjectInspector

public interface UnionObjectInspector
extends ObjectInspector

UnionObjectInspector works on union data that is stored as UnionObject. It holds the list of the object inspectors corresponding to each type of the object the Union can hold. UnionObjectInspector.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.objectinspector.ObjectInspector

ObjectInspector.Category

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	getField(Object o) Return the field based on the tag associated with the Object.
List<ObjectInspector>	getObjectInspectors() Returns the array of ObjectInspectors that are for each of the tags.
byte	getTag(Object o) Return the tag of the object.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.objectinspector.ObjectInspector

getCategory, getTypeName

Method Detail

getObjectInspectors

List<ObjectInspector> getObjectInspectors()

Returns the array of ObjectInspectors that are for each of the tags.

getTag

byte getTag(Object o)

Return the tag of the object.

getField

Object getField(Object o)

Return the field based on the tag associated with the Object.