org.apache.nutch.mapReduce
Interface OutputFormat

All Known Implementing Classes:

SequenceFileOutputFormat, TextOutputFormat

public interface OutputFormat

An output data format. Output files are stored in a NutchFileSystem.

Method Summary

String	getName() The name of this output format.
RecordWriter	getRecordWriter(NutchFileSystem fs, JobConf job, String name) Construct a RecordWriter.

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

The name of this output format.

See Also:

OutputFormats

getRecordWriter

public RecordWriter getRecordWriter(NutchFileSystem fs,
                                    JobConf job,
                                    String name)
                             throws IOException

Construct a RecordWriter.

Parameters:

fs - the file system to write to

job - the job whose output is being written

name - the unique name for this part of the output

Returns:

a RecordWriter

Throws:

IOException