protected Map<String, String> createColumnMap(Configuration conf) {
    Map<String, String> colsMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
    String accColString = conf.get(AccumuloSerDeParameters.COLUMN_MAPPINGS);
    if (accColString != null && !accColString.trim().isEmpty()) {
      String[] accCols = accColString.split(",");
      String[] hiveCols = conf.get(serdeConstants.LIST_COLUMNS).split(",");
      for (int i = 0; i < accCols.length; i++) {
        colsMap.put(hiveCols[i], accCols[i].replace(':', '_'));
      }
    }
    return colsMap;
  }
Test if column is defined in the index table.

@param column - hive column name
@return true if the column is defined as part of the index table
accumulo-handler/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/accumulo/AccumuloDefaultIndexScanner.java