in flume-hive-sink/src/main/java/org/apache/flume/sink/hive/HiveDelimitedTextSerializer.java [98:113]
private static Character parseSerdeSeparatorSpec(String separatorStr) {
if (separatorStr == null) {
return null;
}
if (separatorStr.length() == 1) {
return separatorStr.charAt(0);
}
if (separatorStr.length() == 3 &&
separatorStr.charAt(2) == '\'' &&
separatorStr.charAt(separatorStr.length() - 1) == '\'') {
return separatorStr.charAt(1);
}
throw new IllegalArgumentException("serializer.serdeSeparator spec is invalid " +
"for " + ALIAS + " serializer " );
}