org.apache.hadoop.mapred
Class FileSplit

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.hadoop.mapred.FileSplit

All Implemented Interfaces:

Writable, InputSplit

public class FileSplit
extends Object
implements InputSplit

A section of an input file. Returned by InputFormat.getSplits(JobConf, int) and passed to InputFormat.getRecordReader(InputSplit,JobConf,Reporter).

Constructor Summary

FileSplit(Path file, long start, long length, JobConf conf)
Constructs a split.

Method Summary

File	getFile() Deprecated. Call getPath() instead.
long	getLength() The number of bytes in the file to process.
String[]	getLocations() Get the list of hostnames where the input split is located.
Path	getPath() The file containing this split's data.
long	getStart() The position of the first byte in the file to process.
void	readFields(DataInput in) Reads the fields of this object from in.
String	toString()
void	write(DataOutput out) Writes the fields of this object to out.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FileSplit

public FileSplit(Path file,
                 long start,
                 long length,
                 JobConf conf)

Constructs a split.

Parameters:

file - the file name

start - the position of the first byte in the file to process

length - the number of bytes in the file to process

Method Detail

getFile

public File getFile()

Deprecated. Call getPath() instead.

getPath

public Path getPath()

The file containing this split's data.

getStart

public long getStart()

The position of the first byte in the file to process.

getLength

public long getLength()

The number of bytes in the file to process.

Specified by:

getLength in interface InputSplit

Returns:

the number of bytes in the input split

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

write

public void write(DataOutput out)
           throws IOException

Description copied from interface: Writable

Writes the fields of this object to out.

Specified by:

write in interface Writable

Throws:

IOException

readFields

public void readFields(DataInput in)
                throws IOException

Description copied from interface: Writable

Reads the fields of this object from in. For efficiency, implementations should attempt to re-use storage in the existing object where possible.

Specified by:

readFields in interface Writable

Throws:

IOException

getLocations

public String[] getLocations()
                      throws IOException

Description copied from interface: InputSplit

Get the list of hostnames where the input split is located.

Specified by:

getLocations in interface InputSplit

Returns:

A list of prefered hostnames

Throws:

IOException