org.apache.hadoop.mapred.lib.aggregate
Class StringValueMax

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.apache.hadoop.mapred.lib.aggregate.StringValueMax
All Implemented Interfaces:
ValueAggregator

public class StringValueMax
extends Object
implements ValueAggregator

This class implements a value aggregator that maintain the biggest of a sequence of strings.


Constructor Summary
StringValueMax()
          the default constructor
 
Method Summary
 void addNextValue(Object val)
          add a value to the aggregator
 ArrayList<String> getCombinerOutput()
           
 String getReport()
           
 String getVal()
           
 void reset()
          reset the aggregator
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

StringValueMax

public StringValueMax()
the default constructor

Method Detail

addNextValue

public void addNextValue(Object val)
add a value to the aggregator

Specified by:
addNextValue in interface ValueAggregator
Parameters:
val - a string.

getVal

public String getVal()
Returns:
the aggregated value

getReport

public String getReport()
Specified by:
getReport in interface ValueAggregator
Returns:
the string representation of the aggregated value

reset

public void reset()
reset the aggregator

Specified by:
reset in interface ValueAggregator

getCombinerOutput

public ArrayList<String> getCombinerOutput()
Specified by:
getCombinerOutput in interface ValueAggregator
Returns:
return an array of one element. The element is a string representation of the aggregated value. The return value is expected to be used by the a combiner.


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