mchades commented on code in PR #8212:
URL: https://github.com/apache/gravitino/pull/8212#discussion_r2290146703


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catalogs/hive-metastore-common/src/main/java/org/apache/gravitino/hive/converter/HiveDataTypeConverter.java:
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@@ -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 (as the issue mentioned #4874 ). 
Sometimes the user cannot access the server log, which will take time to 
explain.



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