ArrayIndexUDF.java

package brickhouse.udf.collect;
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import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.UDFArgumentException;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveException;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.udf.generic.GenericUDF;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.objectinspector.ListObjectInspector;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.objectinspector.ObjectInspector;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.objectinspector.ObjectInspector.Category;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.objectinspector.PrimitiveObjectInspector;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.objectinspector.PrimitiveObjectInspector.PrimitiveCategory;
import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.objectinspector.primitive.IntObjectInspector;


/**
 * Workaround for the Hive bug
 * https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-1955
 * <p/>
 * FAILED: Error in semantic analysis: Line 4:3 Non-constant expressions for array indexes not supported key
 * <p/>
 * <p/>
 * Use instead of [ ] syntax,
 */
public class ArrayIndexUDF extends GenericUDF {
    private ListObjectInspector listInspector;
    private ObjectInspector elemInspector;
    private IntObjectInspector intInspector;


    @Override
    public Object evaluate(DeferredObject[] arg0) throws HiveException {
        Object list = arg0[0].get();
        int idx = intInspector.get(arg0[1].get());

        if (idx < 0) {
            idx = listInspector.getListLength(list) + idx;
        }

        Object unInsp = listInspector.getListElement(list, idx);

        return unInsp;
    }

    @Override
    public String getDisplayString(String[] arg0) {
        return "array_index( " + arg0[0] + " , " + arg0[1] + " )";
    }

    @Override
    public ObjectInspector initialize(ObjectInspector[] arg0)
            throws UDFArgumentException {
        if (arg0.length != 2) {
            throw new UDFArgumentException("array_index takes an array and an int as arguments");
        }
        if (arg0[0].getCategory() != Category.LIST
                || arg0[1].getCategory() != Category.PRIMITIVE
                || ((PrimitiveObjectInspector) arg0[1]).getPrimitiveCategory() != PrimitiveCategory.INT) {
            throw new UDFArgumentException("array_index takes an array and an int as arguments");
        }
        listInspector = (ListObjectInspector) arg0[0];
        intInspector = (IntObjectInspector) arg0[1];

        return listInspector.getListElementObjectInspector();
    }

}