@Override public void preCreateTable(Table tbl) throws MetaException { boolean isExternal = MetaStoreUtils.isExternalTable(tbl); if (isExternal) { Log.info("Creating External table for Splice..."); } String inputTableName = tbl.getParameters().get(MRConstants.SPLICE_TABLE_NAME); if (inputTableName == null) throw new MetaException( "Wrong param, you are missing " + MRConstants.SPLICE_TABLE_NAME + " ? "); // We can choose to support user define column mapping. // But currently I don't think it is necessary // We map all columns from Splice Table to Hive Table. String connStr = tbl.getParameters().get(MRConstants.SPLICE_JDBC_STR); if (connStr == null) throw new MetaException("Wrong param, did you mean " + MRConstants.SPLICE_JDBC_STR + " ? "); if (sqlUtil == null) sqlUtil = SMSQLUtil.getInstance(connStr); if (inputTableName != null) { inputTableName = inputTableName.trim(); checkTableExists(inputTableName); } }