public boolean isNonNative() {
    return getProperty(
        org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.api.hive_metastoreConstants.META_TABLE_STORAGE)
        != null;
  }
Creates a partition name -&gt; value spec map object

@param tp
         Use the information from this partition.
@return Partition name to value mapping.
ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/metadata/Table.java