code: @Override
    public List<String> generateQueries() {
  
      ensureParentOfStagingPathExists();
  
      List<String> hiveQueries = Lists.newArrayList();
      /*
       * Setting partition mode to 'nonstrict' is needed to improve readability of the code.
       * If we do not set dynamic partition mode to nonstrict, we will have to write partition values also,
       * and because hive considers partition as a virtual column, we also have to write each of the column
       * name in the query (in place of *) to match source and target columns.
       */
      hiveQueries.add("SET hive.exec.dynamic.partition.mode=nonstrict");
  
      Preconditions.checkNotNull(this.workUnit, "Workunit must not be null");
      EventWorkunitUtils.setBeginDDLBuildTimeMetadata(this.workUnit, System.currentTimeMillis());
  
      HiveConverterUtils.createStagingDirectory(fs, outputTableMetadata.getDestinationDataPath(),
          conversionEntity, this.workUnitState);
  
      // Create DDL statement for table
      String createStagingTableDDL =
          HiveConverterUtils.generateCreateDuplicateTableDDL(
              inputDbName,
              inputTableName,
              stagingTableName,
              stagingDataLocation,
              Optional.of(outputDatabaseName));
      hiveQueries.add(createStagingTableDDL);
      log.debug("Create staging table DDL:\n" + createStagingTableDDL);
  
  
      String insertInStagingTableDML =
          HiveConverterUtils
              .generateTableCopy(
                  inputTableName,
                  stagingTableName,
                  conversionEntity.getTable().getDbName(),
                  outputDatabaseName,
                  Optional.of(partitionsDMLInfo));
      hiveQueries.add(insertInStagingTableDML);
      log.debug("Conversion staging DML: " + insertInStagingTableDML);
  
      log.info("Conversion Queries {}\n",  hiveQueries);
  
      EventWorkunitUtils.setEndDDLBuildTimeMetadata(workUnit, System.currentTimeMillis());
      return hiveQueries;
    }
docs: Returns hive queries to be run as a part of a hive task.
  This does not include publish queries.
  @return