I've booked this on https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-7588.
With the patch, something like below are possible.
// unknown input
public String evaluate(Object arg) {
return arg == null ? null : String.valueOf(arg);
}
// typed variable
public <T> T evaluate(T arg) {
return arg;
}
// typed variable, nested
public <T> T evaluate(Map<String, T> arg) {
return arg.values().iterator().next();
}
Thanks,
Navis
2014-07-31 3:37 GMT+09:00 Jason Dere <jd...@hortonworks.com>:
> Sounds like you are using the older style UDF class. In that case, yes
> you would have to override evaluate() for each type of input.
> You could also try overriding the GenericUDF class - that would allow you
> to do a single method, though it may be a bit more complicated (can look at
> the Hive code for some examples)
>
>
> On Jul 30, 2014, at 7:43 AM, Dan Fan <d...@appnexus.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi there
> >
> > I am writing a hive UDF function. The input could be string, int, double
> etc.
> > The return is based on the data type. I was trying to use the generic
> method, however, hive seems not recognize it.
> > Here is the piece of code I have as example.
> >
> > public <T> T evaluate(final T s, final String column_name, final int
> bitmap) throws Exception {
> >
> > if (s instanceof Double)
> > return (T) new Double(-1.0);
> > Else if( s instance of Integer)
> > Return (T) new Integer(-1) ;
> > …..
> > }
> >
> > Does anyone know if hive supports the generic method ? Or I have to
> override the evaluate method for each type of input.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Dan
> >
>
>
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