Package org.apache.hadoop.mapred.lib

Class MultipleOutputs

java.lang.Object
org.apache.hadoop.mapred.lib.MultipleOutputs
@Public @Stable public class MultipleOutputs extends Object
The MultipleOutputs class simplifies writing to additional outputs other than the job default output via the OutputCollector passed to the map() and reduce() methods of the Mapper and Reducer implementations.

Each additional output, or named output, may be configured with its own OutputFormat, with its own key class and with its own value class.

A named output can be a single file or a multi file. The later is referred as a multi named output.

A multi named output is an unbound set of files all sharing the same OutputFormat, key class and value class configuration.

When named outputs are used within a Mapper implementation, key/values written to a name output are not part of the reduce phase, only key/values written to the job OutputCollector are part of the reduce phase.

MultipleOutputs supports counters, by default the are disabled. The counters group is the MultipleOutputs class name.

The names of the counters are the same as the named outputs. For multi named outputs the name of the counter is the concatenation of the named output, and underscore '_' and the multiname.

Job configuration usage pattern is: 


 JobConf conf = new JobConf();

 conf.setInputPath(inDir);
 FileOutputFormat.setOutputPath(conf, outDir);

 conf.setMapperClass(MOMap.class);
 conf.setReducerClass(MOReduce.class);
 ...

 // Defines additional single text based output 'text' for the job
 MultipleOutputs.addNamedOutput(conf, "text", TextOutputFormat.class,
 LongWritable.class, Text.class);

 // Defines additional multi sequencefile based output 'sequence' for the
 // job
 MultipleOutputs.addMultiNamedOutput(conf, "seq",
   SequenceFileOutputFormat.class,
   LongWritable.class, Text.class);
 ...

 JobClient jc = new JobClient();
 RunningJob job = jc.submitJob(conf);

 ...

Job configuration usage pattern is: 


 public class MOReduce implements
   Reducer<WritableComparable, Writable> {
 private MultipleOutputs mos;

 public void configure(JobConf conf) {
 ...
 mos = new MultipleOutputs(conf);
 }

 public void reduce(WritableComparable key, Iterator<Writable> values,
 OutputCollector output, Reporter reporter)
 throws IOException {
 ...
 mos.getCollector("text", reporter).collect(key, new Text("Hello"));
 mos.getCollector("seq", "A", reporter).collect(key, new Text("Bye"));
 mos.getCollector("seq", "B", reporter).collect(key, new Text("Chau"));
 ...
 }

 public void close() throws IOException {
 mos.close();
 ...
 }

 }

  • Constructor Details

    • MultipleOutputs

      public MultipleOutputs(JobConf job)
      Creates and initializes multiple named outputs support, it should be instantiated in the Mapper/Reducer configure method.
      Parameters:
      job - the job configuration object

  • Method Details

    • getNamedOutputsList

      public static List<String> getNamedOutputsList(JobConf conf)
      Returns list of channel names.
      Parameters:
      conf - job conf
      Returns:
      List of channel Names

    • isMultiNamedOutput

      public static boolean isMultiNamedOutput(JobConf conf, String namedOutput)
      Returns if a named output is multiple.
      Parameters:
      conf - job conf
      namedOutput - named output
      Returns:
      true if the name output is multi, false if it is single. If the name output is not defined it returns false

    • getNamedOutputFormatClass

      public static Class<? extends OutputFormat> getNamedOutputFormatClass(JobConf conf, String namedOutput)
      Returns the named output OutputFormat.
      Parameters:
      conf - job conf
      namedOutput - named output
      Returns:
      namedOutput OutputFormat

    • getNamedOutputKeyClass

      public static Class<?> getNamedOutputKeyClass(JobConf conf, String namedOutput)
      Returns the key class for a named output.
      Parameters:
      conf - job conf
      namedOutput - named output
      Returns:
      class for the named output key

    • getNamedOutputValueClass

      public static Class<?> getNamedOutputValueClass(JobConf conf, String namedOutput)
      Returns the value class for a named output.
      Parameters:
      conf - job conf
      namedOutput - named output
      Returns:
      class of named output value

    • addNamedOutput

      public static void addNamedOutput(JobConf conf, String namedOutput, Class<? extends OutputFormat> outputFormatClass, Class<?> keyClass, Class<?> valueClass)
      Adds a named output for the job.
      Parameters:
      conf - job conf to add the named output
      namedOutput - named output name, it has to be a word, letters and numbers only, cannot be the word 'part' as that is reserved for the default output.
      outputFormatClass - OutputFormat class.
      keyClass - key class
      valueClass - value class

    • addMultiNamedOutput

      public static void addMultiNamedOutput(JobConf conf, String namedOutput, Class<? extends OutputFormat> outputFormatClass, Class<?> keyClass, Class<?> valueClass)
      Adds a multi named output for the job.
      Parameters:
      conf - job conf to add the named output
      namedOutput - named output name, it has to be a word, letters and numbers only, cannot be the word 'part' as that is reserved for the default output.
      outputFormatClass - OutputFormat class.
      keyClass - key class
      valueClass - value class

    • setCountersEnabled

      public static void setCountersEnabled(JobConf conf, boolean enabled)
      Enables or disables counters for the named outputs.

      By default these counters are disabled.

      MultipleOutputs supports counters, by default the are disabled. The counters group is the MultipleOutputs class name.

      The names of the counters are the same as the named outputs. For multi named outputs the name of the counter is the concatenation of the named output, and underscore '_' and the multiname.
      Parameters:
      conf - job conf to enableadd the named output.
      enabled - indicates if the counters will be enabled or not.

    • getCountersEnabled

      public static boolean getCountersEnabled(JobConf conf)
      Returns if the counters for the named outputs are enabled or not.

      By default these counters are disabled.

      MultipleOutputs supports counters, by default the are disabled. The counters group is the MultipleOutputs class name.

      The names of the counters are the same as the named outputs. For multi named outputs the name of the counter is the concatenation of the named output, and underscore '_' and the multiname.
      Parameters:
      conf - job conf to enableadd the named output.
      Returns:
      TRUE if the counters are enabled, FALSE if they are disabled.

    • getNamedOutputs

      public Iterator<String> getNamedOutputs()
      Returns iterator with the defined name outputs.
      Returns:
      iterator with the defined named outputs

    • getCollector

      public OutputCollector getCollector(String namedOutput, Reporter reporter) throws IOException
      Gets the output collector for a named output.
      Parameters:
      namedOutput - the named output name
      reporter - the reporter
      Returns:
      the output collector for the given named output
      Throws:
      IOException - thrown if output collector could not be created

    • getCollector

      public OutputCollector getCollector(String namedOutput, String multiName, Reporter reporter) throws IOException
      Gets the output collector for a multi named output.
      Parameters:
      namedOutput - the named output name
      multiName - the multi name part
      reporter - the reporter
      Returns:
      the output collector for the given named output
      Throws:
      IOException - thrown if output collector could not be created

    • close

      public void close() throws IOException
      Closes all the opened named outputs.

      If overriden subclasses must invoke super.close() at the end of their close()

      Throws:
      IOException - thrown if any of the MultipleOutput files could not be closed properly.