[jira] Updated: (HIVE-471) A UDF for simple reflection

["Edward Capriolo (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Edward Capriolo updated HIVE-471:
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        Fix Version/s: 0.6.0
    Affects Version/s: 0.5.1
                           (was: 0.6.0)

Should be good for trunk.

> A UDF for simple reflection
> ---------------------------
>
>                 Key: HIVE-471
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-471
>             Project: Hadoop Hive
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: Query Processor
>    Affects Versions: 0.5.1
>            Reporter: Edward Capriolo
>            Assignee: Edward Capriolo
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 0.6.0
>
>         Attachments: hive-471-gen.diff, HIVE-471.1.patch, HIVE-471.2.patch, HIVE-471.3.patch, hive-471.diff
>
>
> There are many methods in java that are static and have no arguments or can be invoked with one simple parameter. More complicated functions will require a UDF but one generic one can work as a poor-mans UDF.
> {noformat}
> SELECT reflect("java.lang.String", "valueOf", 1), reflect("java.lang.String", "isEmpty")
> FROM src LIMIT 1;
> {noformat}

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