public static boolean isBlobStorageAsScratchDir(final Configuration conf) {
        return conf.getBoolean(
                HiveConf.ConfVars.HIVE_BLOBSTORE_USE_BLOBSTORE_AS_SCRATCHDIR.varname,
                DISABLE_BLOBSTORAGE_AS_SCRATCHDIR
        );
    }
Utilities for different blob (object) storage systems
common/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/common/BlobStorageUtils.java