UDFExampleStructPrint.java

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package org.apache.hadoop.hive.contrib.udf.example;

import java.util.List;

import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Description;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.UDF;

/**
 * UDFExampleStructPrint.
 *
 */
@Description(name = "example_structprint",
value = "_FUNC_(obj) - Example UDAF that returns contents of an object")
public class UDFExampleStructPrint extends UDF {

  public String evaluate(Object a) {
    if (a == null) {
      return null;
    }
    List<Object> s = (List<Object>) a;

    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    for (int i = 0; i < s.size(); i++) {
      sb.append("(" + i + ":" + s.get(i) + ")");
    }
    return sb.toString();
  }

}