public static Map<String, String> getInputJobProperties( HCatStorageHandler storageHandler, InputJobInfo inputJobInfo) { TableDesc tableDesc = new TableDesc( storageHandler.getSerDeClass(), storageHandler.getInputFormatClass(), storageHandler.getOutputFormatClass(), inputJobInfo.getTableInfo().getStorerInfo().getProperties()); if (tableDesc.getJobProperties() == null) { tableDesc.setJobProperties(new HashMap<String, String>()); } Map<String, String> jobProperties = new HashMap<String, String>(); try { tableDesc .getJobProperties() .put(HCatConstants.HCAT_KEY_JOB_INFO, HCatUtil.serialize(inputJobInfo)); storageHandler.configureInputJobProperties(tableDesc, jobProperties); } catch (IOException e) { throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to configure StorageHandler", e); } return jobProperties; }