UDFSpace.java

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package org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.udf;

import java.util.Arrays;

import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Description;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.UDF;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.IntWritable;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.Text;

/**
 * UDFSpace.
 *
 */
@Description(name = "space", value = "_FUNC_(n) - returns n spaces", extended = "Example:\n "
    + "  > SELECT _FUNC_(2) FROM src LIMIT 1;\n" + "  '  '")
public class UDFSpace extends UDF {
  private final Text result = new Text();

  public Text evaluate(IntWritable n) {
    if (n == null) {
      return null;
    }

    int len = n.get();
    if (len < 0) {
      len = 0;
    }

    if (result.getBytes().length >= len) {
      result.set(result.getBytes(), 0, len);
    } else {
      byte[] spaces = new byte[len];
      Arrays.fill(spaces, (byte) ' ');
      result.set(spaces);
    }

    return result;
  }
}