return false;
}
// Serialize the keys and append the tag
protected HiveKey toHiveKey(Object obj, int tag, Integer distLength) throws SerDeException {
BinaryComparable key = (BinaryComparable)keySerializer.serialize(obj, keyObjectInspector);
int keyLength = key.getLength();
if (tag == -1 || skipTag) {
keyWritable.set(key.getBytes(), 0, keyLength);
} else {
keyWritable.setSize(keyLength + 1);
System.arraycopy(key.getBytes(), 0, keyWritable.get(), 0, keyLength);
keyWritable.get()[keyLength] = tagByte[0];
}
keyWritable.setDistKeyLength((distLength == null) ? keyLength : distLength);
return keyWritable;
}