I would like to pull metadata from Hive metastore without wrong about what database metastore uses. It seems like I have following APIs to use: 1. Hive Server2 JDBC 2. WebHCatalog 3. Hive Metastore Client (Or there are more options) I'm building a tool to pull metadata and maybe want to keep my pulled metadata up to date. Which API would work best for me? Any related information will be highly appreciated. ... View more