org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce
Class RecordReader<KEYIN,VALUEIN>

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.RecordReader<KEYIN,VALUEIN>

Type Parameters:

KEYIN -

VALUEIN -

All Implemented Interfaces:

Closeable

Direct Known Subclasses:

CombineFileRecordReader, DBRecordReader, DelegatingRecordReader, KeyValueLineRecordReader, LineRecordReader, SequenceFileAsBinaryInputFormat.SequenceFileAsBinaryRecordReader, SequenceFileAsTextRecordReader, SequenceFileRecordReader

public abstract class RecordReader<KEYIN,VALUEIN>
extends Object
implements Closeable

The record reader breaks the data into key/value pairs for input to the Mapper.

Constructor Summary

RecordReader()

Method Summary

abstract void	close() Close the record reader.
abstract KEYIN	getCurrentKey() Get the current key
abstract VALUEIN	getCurrentValue() Get the current value.
abstract float	getProgress() The current progress of the record reader through its data.
abstract void	initialize(InputSplit split, TaskAttemptContext context) Called once at initialization.
abstract boolean	nextKeyValue() Read the next key, value pair.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RecordReader

public RecordReader()

Method Detail

initialize

public abstract void initialize(InputSplit split,
                                TaskAttemptContext context)
                         throws IOException,
                                InterruptedException

Called once at initialization.

Parameters:

split - the split that defines the range of records to read

context - the information about the task

Throws:

IOException

InterruptedException

nextKeyValue

public abstract boolean nextKeyValue()
                              throws IOException,
                                     InterruptedException

Read the next key, value pair.

Returns:

true if a key/value pair was read

Throws:

IOException

InterruptedException

getCurrentKey

public abstract KEYIN getCurrentKey()
                             throws IOException,
                                    InterruptedException

Get the current key

Returns:

the current key or null if there is no current key

Throws:

IOException

InterruptedException

getCurrentValue

public abstract VALUEIN getCurrentValue()
                                 throws IOException,
                                        InterruptedException

Get the current value.

Returns:

the object that was read

Throws:

IOException

InterruptedException

getProgress

public abstract float getProgress()
                           throws IOException,
                                  InterruptedException

The current progress of the record reader through its data.

Returns:

a number between 0.0 and 1.0 that is the fraction of the data read

Throws:

IOException

InterruptedException

close

public abstract void close()
                    throws IOException

Close the record reader.

Specified by:

close in interface Closeable

Throws:

IOException