public void flush()

in flume-hive-sink/src/main/java/org/apache/flume/sink/hive/HiveWriter.java [182:216]


  public void flush(boolean rollToNext)
      throws CommitException, TxnBatchException, TxnFailure, InterruptedException,
      WriteException {
    if (!batch.isEmpty()) {
      writeEventBatchToSerializer();
      batch.clear();
    }

    //0 Heart beat on TxnBatch
    if (hearbeatNeeded) {
      hearbeatNeeded = false;
      heartBeat();
    }
    lastUsed = System.currentTimeMillis();

    try {
      //1 commit txn & close batch if needed
      commitTxn();
      if (txnBatch.remainingTransactions() == 0) {
        closeTxnBatch();
        txnBatch = null;
        if (rollToNext) {
          txnBatch = nextTxnBatch(recordWriter);
        }
      }

      //2 roll to next Txn
      if (rollToNext) {
        LOG.debug("Switching to next Txn for {}", endPoint);
        txnBatch.beginNextTransaction(); // does not block
      }
    } catch (StreamingException e) {
      throw new TxnFailure(txnBatch, e);
    }
  }