org.apache.hadoop.mapred
Interface RecordWriter

All Known Implementing Classes:

TextOutputFormat.LineRecordWriter

public interface RecordWriter

Writes key/value pairs to an output file. Implemented by OutputFormat implementations.

Method Summary

void	close(Reporter reporter) Close this to future operations.
void	write(WritableComparable key, Writable value) Writes a key/value pair.

Method Detail

write

void write(WritableComparable key,
           Writable value)
           throws IOException

Writes a key/value pair.

Parameters:

key - the key to write

value - the value to write

Throws:

IOException

See Also:

Writable.write(DataOutput)

close

void close(Reporter reporter)
           throws IOException

Close this to future operations.

Throws:

IOException