Provide a way by which ObjectInspectorUtils.compare can be extended by the caller for comparing maps which are part of the object ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Key: HIVE-2209 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-2209 Project: Hive Issue Type: Sub-task Reporter: Krishna Kumar Assignee: Krishna Kumar Priority: Minor Now ObjectInspectorUtils.compare throws an exception if a map is contained (recursively) within the objects being compared. Two obvious implementations are - a simple map comparer which assumes keys of the first map can be used to fetch values from the second - a 'cross-product' comparer which compares every pair of key-value pairs in the two maps, and calls a match if and only if all pairs are matched Note that it would be difficult to provide a transitive greater-than/less-than indication with maps so that is not in scope. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira