public void setField(String name, String val)
    throws IOException {
    try {
      storage.saveField(type, id, name, val);
    } catch (NotFoundException ne) {
      throw new IOException(ne.getMessage());
    }
  }
Store a String field from the store.
hcatalog/webhcat/svr/src/main/java/org/apache/hive/hcatalog/templeton/tool/JobState.java