org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore

Interface MetaStoreThread

All Superinterfaces:

org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configurable

public interface MetaStoreThread
extends org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configurable

A thread that runs in the metastore, separate from the threads in the thrift service.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	init(AtomicBoolean stop) Initialize the thread.
void	start() Run the thread in the background.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configurable

getConf, setConf

Method Detail

init

void init(AtomicBoolean stop)
   throws Exception

Initialize the thread. This must not be called until after Configurable.setConf(Configuration) has been called.

Parameters:

stop - a flag to watch for when to stop. If this value is set to true, the thread will terminate the next time through its main loop.

Throws:

Exception

start

void start()

Run the thread in the background. This must not be called until init(java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean) has been called.