/**
* @param db
* @param table
* @param filter
* @param path
* @param jobConf
* @return
*/
public static boolean setDataStorageLocation(
String db, String table, String filter, String path, JobConf jobConf) {
Preconditions.checkNotNull(table, "Table name must not be null");
HiveMetaStoreClient client = null;
List<String> locations = new ArrayList<String>();
try {
client = getHiveMetaStoreClient(jobConf);
Table hiveTable = HCatUtil.getTable(client, db, table);
hiveTable.setDataLocation(new URI(path));
client.alter_table(db, table, hiveTable.getTTable());
} catch (IOException e) {
logError("Error occured when getting hiveconf", e);
} catch (URISyntaxException e) {
logError("Error occured when convert path to URI", e);
} catch (MetaException e) {
logError("Error occured when getting HiveMetaStoreClient", e);
} catch (NoSuchObjectException e) {
logError("Table doesn't exist in HCatalog: " + table, e);
} catch (TException e) {
logError("Error occured when getting Table", e);
} finally {
HCatUtil.closeHiveClientQuietly(client);
}
return true;
}
