public static void copy(IMetaStore from, IMetaStore to, boolean overwrite)
throws MetaStoreException {
// get all of the namespace in the "from" metastore
List<String> namespaces = from.getNamespaces();
for (String namespace : namespaces) {
// create the sme namespace in the "to" metastore
try {
to.createNamespace(namespace);
} catch (MetaStoreNamespaceExistsException e) {
// already there
}
// get all of the element types defined in this namespace
List<IMetaStoreElementType> elementTypes = from.getElementTypes(namespace);
for (IMetaStoreElementType elementType : elementTypes) {
// See if it's already there
IMetaStoreElementType existingType =
to.getElementTypeByName(namespace, elementType.getName());
if (existingType != null) {
if (overwrite) {
// we looked it up by name, but need to update it by id
elementType.setId(existingType.getId());
to.updateElementType(namespace, elementType);
} else {
elementType = existingType;
}
} else {
// create the elementType in the "to" metastore
to.createElementType(namespace, elementType);
}
// get all of the elements defined for this type
List<IMetaStoreElement> elements = from.getElements(namespace, elementType);
for (IMetaStoreElement element : elements) {
IMetaStoreElement existingElement =
to.getElementByName(namespace, elementType, element.getName());
if (existingElement != null) {
element.setId(existingElement.getId());
if (overwrite) {
to.updateElement(namespace, elementType, existingElement.getId(), element);
}
} else {
to.createElement(namespace, elementType, element);
}
}
}
}
}
