mchades commented on code in PR #8212: URL: https://github.com/apache/gravitino/pull/8212#discussion_r2290146703
########## catalogs/hive-metastore-common/src/main/java/org/apache/gravitino/hive/converter/HiveDataTypeConverter.java: ########## @@ -116,7 +117,17 @@ public TypeInfo fromGravitino(Type type) { Types.StructType structType = (Types.StructType) type; List<TypeInfo> typeInfos = Arrays.stream(structType.fields()) - .map(t -> fromGravitino(t.type())) + .map( + t -> { + // Hive does not support comments in struct fields. This is no way to preserve + // comments in struct fields when converting from Gravitino to Hive. + // See: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-26593 + Preconditions.checkArgument( + t.comment() == null, + "Hive does not support comments in struct fields: %s", + t.name()); + return fromGravitino(t.type()); + }) Review Comment: I'm afraid this will cause confusion for the user, as the field is set without errors but doesn't work when loaded. Sometimes the user cannot access the server log, which will take time to explain. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: commits-unsubscr...@gravitino.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org