if (target instanceof HiveType) {
HiveType type = (HiveType) target;
ObjectInspector inspector = type.getObjectInspector();
if (inspector instanceof StructObjectInspector) {
StructObjectInspector soi = (StructObjectInspector) inspector;
StructField field = soi.getStructFieldRef(fieldName);
ObjectInspector foi = field.getFieldObjectInspector();
Assert.isTrue(foi.getCategory() == ObjectInspector.Category.PRIMITIVE,
String.format("Field [%s] needs to be a primitive; found [%s]", fieldName, foi.getTypeName()));
// expecting a writeable - simply do a toString
Object data = soi.getStructFieldData(type.getObject(), field);