HadoopReader
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| Short Description |
| Ports |
| Metadata |
| HadoopReader Attributes |
| Details |
| Examples |
| See also |
Short Description
HadoopReader reads Hadoop sequence files.
| Component | Data source | Input ports | Output ports | Each to all outputs | Different to different outputs | Transformation | Transf. req. | Java | CTL | Auto-propagated metadata |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HadoopReader | Hadoop Sequence File | 0–1 | 1 |  | | | | | | |
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Ports
| Port type | Number | Required | Description | Metadata |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input | 0 | | For Input Port Reading. Only source mode is supported. | Any |
| Output | 0 |  | For read data records. | Any |
Metadata
HadoopReader does not propagate metadata.
HadoopReader has no metadata template.
HadoopReader Attributes
| Attribute | Req | Description | Possible values |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | |||
| Hadoop connection |
Hadoop connection with Hadoop libraries containing Hadoop sequence file parser implementation.
If Hadoop connection ID is specified in a hdfs:// URL in the File URL attribute, value
of this attribute is ignored.
| Hadoop connection ID | |
| File URL | | URL to a file on HDFS or local file system. URLs without protocol (i.e. absolute or relative path actually)
or with the
If file to be read is located on the HDFS, use URL in this form: | |
| Key field | | Name of an output edge record field, where key of each key-value pair will be stored. | |
| Value field | | Name of an output edge record field, where value of each key-value pair will be stored. | |
Details
HadoopReader reads data from special Hadoop sequence file
(org.apache.hadoop.io.SequenceFile).
These files contain key-value pairs and are used in MapReduce jobs as input/output file formats.
The component can read a single file as well as a collection of files
which have to be located on HDFS or local file system.
If you connect to local sequence files, there is no need to connect to a hadoop cluster. However, you still need a valid Hadoop connection (with correct version of libraries).
Exact version of file format supported by the HadoopReader component depends on Hadoop libraries which you supply in Hadoop connection referenced from the File URL attribute. In general, sequence files created by one version of Hadoop may not be readable by different version.
Hadoop sequence files may contain compressed data. HadoopReader automatically detects this and decompresses the data. Which compression codecs are supported, again, depends on libraries you specify in the Hadoop connection.
For technical details about Hadoop sequence files, have a look at Apache Hadoop Wiki.
Examples
Reading data from local sequence files
Read records from Hadoop Sequence file products.dat.
The file has ProductID as a key and ProductName as value.
Solution
Create a valid Hadoop connection or use existing one. See Hadoop connection.
Use Hadoop connection, File URL, Key field and Key value attributes.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Hadoop connection | MyHadoopConnection |
| File URL | ${DATA_IN}/products.dat |
| Key field | ProductID |
| Value field | ProductName |