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-rw-r--r--examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/sql/hive/HiveFromSpark.scala7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/sql/hive/HiveFromSpark.scala b/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/sql/hive/HiveFromSpark.scala
index 227acc1175..138923c4d7 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/sql/hive/HiveFromSpark.scala
+++ b/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/sql/hive/HiveFromSpark.scala
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ object HiveFromSpark {
val sc = new SparkContext(sparkConf)
val path = s"${System.getenv("SPARK_HOME")}/examples/src/main/resources/kv1.txt"
- // A local hive context creates an instance of the Hive Metastore in process, storing
- // the warehouse data in the current directory. This location can be overridden by
- // specifying a second parameter to the constructor.
+ // A hive context adds support for finding tables in the MetaStore and writing queries
+ // using HiveQL. Users who do not have an existing Hive deployment can still create a
+ // HiveContext. When not configured by the hive-site.xml, the context automatically
+ // creates metastore_db and warehouse in the current directory.
val hiveContext = new HiveContext(sc)
import hiveContext._