How to use

alterCubeDimensionTable

method

in

org.apache.lens.cube.metadata.CubeMetastoreClient

@Override
public void updateDimensionTable(LensSessionHandle sessionid, XDimensionTable dimensionTable) throws LensException {
 try (SessionContext ignored = new SessionContext(sessionid)){
  getClient(sessionid).alterCubeDimensionTable(dimensionTable);
  log.info("Updated dimension table " + dimensionTable.getTableName());
 } catch (HiveException exc) {
  throw new LensException(exc);
 }
}

public void alterCubeDimensionTable(XDimensionTable dimensionTable) throws LensException, HiveException {
 alterCubeDimensionTable(dimensionTable.getTableName(),
  JAXBUtils.cubeDimTableFromDimTable(dimensionTable),
  JAXBUtils.tableDescPrefixMapFromXStorageTables(dimensionTable.getStorageTables()));
}
/**

public void alterCubeDimensionTable(XDimensionTable dimensionTable)
 throws LensException, HiveException {
 alterCubeDimensionTable(dimensionTable.getTableName(),
  JAXBUtils.cubeDimTableFromDimTable(dimensionTable),
  JAXBUtils.tableDescPrefixMapFromXStorageTables(dimensionTable.getStorageTables()));
}

public <T extends Equals & HashCode & ToString> void updateEntity(String name, T entity)
 throws LensException, HiveException {
 if (entity instanceof XStorage) {
  alterStorage((XStorage) entity);
 } else if  (entity instanceof XCube) {
  alterCube((XCube)entity);
 } else if (entity instanceof XDimension) {
  alterDimension((XDimension) entity);
 } else if (entity instanceof XFact) {
  alterCubeFactTable((XFact) entity);
 } else if (entity instanceof XDimensionTable) {
  alterCubeDimensionTable((XDimensionTable) entity);
 } else if (entity instanceof XSegmentation) {
  alterSegmentation((XSegmentation) entity);
 } else {
  throw new LensException("Unable to alter entity " + entity + " as it's unrecognizable: " + entity.getClass());
 }
}

public <T extends Equals & HashCode & ToString> void updateEntity(String name, T entity)
 throws LensException, HiveException {
 if (entity instanceof XStorage) {
  alterStorage((XStorage) entity);
 } else if (entity instanceof XCube) {
  alterCube((XCube)entity);
 } else if (entity instanceof XDimension) {
  alterDimension((XDimension) entity);
 } else if (entity instanceof XFact) {
  alterCubeFactTable((XFact) entity);
 } else if (entity instanceof XDimensionTable) {
  alterCubeDimensionTable((XDimensionTable) entity);
 } else if (entity instanceof XSegmentation) {
  alterSegmentation((XSegmentation) entity);
 } else {
  throw new LensException("Unable to alter entity " + entity + " as it's unrecognizable: " + entity.getClass());
 }
}

client.alterCubeDimensionTable(cubeDim.getName(), cubeDim, storageTables);

client.alterCubeDimensionTable(dimTblName, dimTable, storageTables);
client.alterCubeDimensionTable(dimTblName, dimTable, storageTables);
storageTables.put(c4, s1);
dimTable.alterSnapshotDumpPeriod(c4, null);
client.alterCubeDimensionTable(dimTblName, dimTable, storageTables);
CubeDimensionTable altered2 = client.getDimensionTable(dimTblName);
assertTrue(client.tableExists(c1TableName));