Chapter 8. Extensibility Considerations
Although Hive has many built-in functions, users sometimes will need power beyond that provided by built-in functions. For these instances, Hive offers the following three main areas where its functionalities can be extended:
- User-defined function (UDF): This provides a way to extend functionalities with an external function (mainly written in Java) that can be evaluated in HQL
- Streaming: This plugs in users' own customized mappers and reducers programs in the data streaming
- SerDe: This stands for serializers and deserializers and provides a way to serialize or deserialize a custom file format with files stored on HDFS
In this chapter, we'll talk about each of them in more detail.
User-defined functions
Hive defines ...
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