#552 Fix Hive DDL for tables with long descriptions with '\n' charact…

…ers.

pramen/core/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/pramen/core/utils/SparkUtils.scala

@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ object SparkUtils {
   val MAX_LENGTH_METADATA_KEY = "maxLength"
   val COMMENT_METADATA_KEY = "comment"
 
+  // This seems to be limitation for multiple catalogs, like Glue and Hive.
+  val MAX_COMMENT_LENGTH = 255
+
   /** Get Spark StructType from a case class. */
   def getStructType[T: TypeTag]: StructType = ScalaReflection.schemaFor[T].dataType.asInstanceOf[StructType]
 
@@ -223,10 +226,21 @@ object SparkUtils {
     */
   def transformSchemaForCatalog(schema: StructType): StructType = {
     def transformField(field: StructField): StructField = {
+      val metadata = if (field.metadata.contains("comment")) {
+        val comment = field.metadata.getString("comment")
+        val fixedComment = sanitizeCommentForHiveDDL(comment)
+        new MetadataBuilder()
+          .withMetadata(field.metadata)
+          .putString("comment", fixedComment)
+          .build()
+      } else {
+        field.metadata
+      }
+
       field.dataType match {
-        case struct: StructType =>  StructField(field.name, transformStruct(struct), nullable = true, field.metadata)
-        case arr: ArrayType     =>  StructField(field.name, transformArray(arr, field), nullable = true, field.metadata)
-        case dataType: DataType =>  StructField(field.name, transformPrimitive(dataType, field), nullable = true, field.metadata)
+        case struct: StructType => StructField(field.name, transformStruct(struct), nullable = true, metadata)
+        case arr: ArrayType => StructField(field.name, transformArray(arr, field), nullable = true, metadata)
+        case dataType: DataType => StructField(field.name, transformPrimitive(dataType, field), nullable = true, metadata)
       }
     }
 
@@ -277,6 +291,27 @@ object SparkUtils {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+    * Sanitizes a comment for Hive DDL. Ideally this should be done by Spark, but because there are meny versions
+    * of Hive and other catalogs, it is sometimes hard to have an general solution.
+    *
+    * These transformations are tested for Hive 1.0.
+    *
+    * @param comment The comment (description) of a column or a table.
+    * @return
+    */
+  def sanitizeCommentForHiveDDL(comment: String): String = {
+    val escapedComment = comment
+      .replace("\n", " ") // This breaks DBeaver (shows no columns)
+      .replace("\\n", " ") // This breaks DBeaver (shows no columns)
+
+    if (escapedComment.length > MAX_COMMENT_LENGTH) {
+      s"${escapedComment.take(MAX_COMMENT_LENGTH - 3)}..."
+    } else {
+      escapedComment
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
     * Removes metadata of nested fields to make DDL compatible with some Hive-like catalogs.
     * In addition, removes the nullability flag for all fields.

pramen/core/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/pramen/core/utils/hive/HiveHelperSql.scala

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class HiveHelperSql(val queryExecutor: QueryExecutor,
     queryExecutor.execute(sqlHiveRepair)
   }
 
-  private def getTableDDL(schema: StructType, partitionBy: Seq[String]): String = {
+  private[core] def getTableDDL(schema: StructType, partitionBy: Seq[String]): String = {
     val partitionColsLower = partitionBy.map(_.toLowerCase())
 
     val nonPartitionFields = SparkUtils.transformSchemaForCatalog(schema)
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class HiveHelperSql(val queryExecutor: QueryExecutor,
     }
   }
 
-  private def getPartitionDDL(schema: StructType, partitionBy: Seq[String]): String = {
+  private[core] def getPartitionDDL(schema: StructType, partitionBy: Seq[String]): String = {
     if (partitionBy.isEmpty) {
       ""
     } else {

pramen/core/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/pramen/core/tests/utils/SparkUtilsSuite.scala

@@ -442,6 +442,25 @@ class SparkUtilsSuite extends AnyWordSpec with SparkTestBase with TempDirFixture
     }
   }
 
+  "sanitizeCommentForHiveDDL" should {
+    "replace line ending characters" in {
+      val comment = "line1\nline2\\nline3"
+
+      val actual = sanitizeCommentForHiveDDL(comment)
+
+      assert(actual == "line1 line2 line3")
+    }
+
+    "truncate long comments" in {
+      val comment = "a" * 500
+
+      val actual = sanitizeCommentForHiveDDL(comment)
+
+      assert(actual.length == 255)
+      assert(actual.endsWith("a..."))
+    }
+  }
+
   "getLengthFromMetadata" should {
     "return length for long type" in {
       val metadata = new MetadataBuilder

pramen/core/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/pramen/core/tests/utils/hive/HiveHelperSqlSuite.scala

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path
 import org.apache.spark.sql.SaveMode
 import org.apache.spark.sql.functions.lit
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{IntegerType, MetadataBuilder, StringType, StructField, StructType}
 import org.scalatest.wordspec.AnyWordSpec
 import za.co.absa.pramen.core.base.SparkTestBase
 import za.co.absa.pramen.core.fixtures.{TempDirFixture, TextComparisonFixture}
@@ -156,6 +157,24 @@ class HiveHelperSqlSuite extends AnyWordSpec with SparkTestBase with TempDirFixt
     }
   }
 
+  "getTableDDL()" should {
+    "work with columns with descriptions with line ending characters (regression)" in {
+      val schema = StructType(Seq(
+        StructField("a", StringType, nullable = true, new MetadataBuilder().putString("comment", "line1'?'\nline2?").build()),
+        StructField("b", IntegerType, nullable = true, new MetadataBuilder().putString("comment", "line1'?'\nline2?").build())
+      ))
+
+      val expected = "`a` STRING COMMENT 'line1\\'?\\' line2?'"
+
+      val qe = new QueryExecutorMock(tableExists = true)
+      val hiveHelper = new HiveHelperSql(qe, defaultHiveConfig, true)
+
+      val actual = hiveHelper.getTableDDL(schema, Seq("b"))
+
+      compareText(actual, expected)
+    }
+  }
+
   private def getParquetPath(tempBaseDir: String, partitionBy: Seq[String] = Nil): String = {
     val fsUtils = new FsUtils(spark.sparkContext.hadoopConfiguration, "file:///")