org.apache.hadoop.record.meta

Class RecordTypeInfo

java.lang.Object

org.apache.hadoop.record.Record

org.apache.hadoop.record.meta.RecordTypeInfo

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable, Comparable, Writable, WritableComparable

Deprecated.

Replaced by Avro.

@Deprecated
@InterfaceAudience.Public
@InterfaceStability.Stable
public class RecordTypeInfo
extends Record

A record's Type Information object which can read/write itself. Type information for a record comprises metadata about the record, as well as a collection of type information for each field in the record.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
RecordTypeInfo() Deprecated. Create an empty RecordTypeInfo object.
RecordTypeInfo(String name) Deprecated. Create a RecordTypeInfo object representing a record with the given name

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addField(String fieldName, TypeID tid) Deprecated. Add a field.
int	compareTo(Object peer_) Deprecated. This class doesn't implement Comparable as it's not meant to be used for anything besides de/serializing.
void	deserialize(RecordInput rin, String tag) Deprecated. Deserialize the type information for a record
Collection<FieldTypeInfo>	getFieldTypeInfos() Deprecated. Return a collection of field type infos
String	getName() Deprecated. return the name of the record
RecordTypeInfo	getNestedStructTypeInfo(String name) Deprecated. Return the type info of a nested record.
void	serialize(RecordOutput rout, String tag) Deprecated. Serialize the type information for a record
void	setName(String name) Deprecated. set the name of the record

Methods inherited from class org.apache.hadoop.record.Record

deserialize, readFields, serialize, toString, write

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

RecordTypeInfo

public RecordTypeInfo()

Deprecated.

Create an empty RecordTypeInfo object.

RecordTypeInfo

public RecordTypeInfo(String name)

Deprecated.

Create a RecordTypeInfo object representing a record with the given name

Parameters:

name - Name of the record

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Deprecated.

return the name of the record

setName

public void setName(String name)

Deprecated.

set the name of the record

addField

public void addField(String fieldName,
            TypeID tid)

Deprecated.

Add a field.

Parameters:

fieldName - Name of the field

tid - Type ID of the field

getFieldTypeInfos

public Collection<FieldTypeInfo> getFieldTypeInfos()

Deprecated.

Return a collection of field type infos

getNestedStructTypeInfo

public RecordTypeInfo getNestedStructTypeInfo(String name)

Deprecated.

Return the type info of a nested record. We only consider nesting to one level.

Parameters:

name - Name of the nested record

serialize

public void serialize(RecordOutput rout,
             String tag)
               throws IOException

Deprecated.

Serialize the type information for a record

Specified by:

serialize in class Record

Parameters:

rout - Record output destination

tag - record tag (Used only in tagged serialization e.g. XML)

Throws:

IOException

deserialize

public void deserialize(RecordInput rin,
               String tag)
                 throws IOException

Deprecated.

Deserialize the type information for a record

Specified by:

deserialize in class Record

Parameters:

rin - Record input source

tag - Record tag (Used only in tagged serialization e.g. XML)

Throws:

IOException

compareTo

public int compareTo(Object peer_)
              throws ClassCastException

Deprecated.

This class doesn't implement Comparable as it's not meant to be used for anything besides de/serializing. So we always throw an exception. Not implemented. Always returns 0 if another RecordTypeInfo is passed in.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable

Specified by:

compareTo in class Record

Throws:

ClassCastException