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Tsz Wo (Nicholas), SZE updated HADOOP-6532: ------------------------------------------- Description: Compared with java.lang.String, org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path is much heavier since it contains URI. The size of a Path is roughly 3 times of a String. See some numbers in the comments. A major impact of decreasing Path size is allowing ls, archive, etc. on directories with many files. was:Compared with java.lang.String, org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path is much heavier since it contains URI. The size of a Path is roughly 3 times of a String. Will post some numbers in the comments. > Path objects are heavy > ---------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-6532 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-6532 > Project: Hadoop Common > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: fs > Reporter: Tsz Wo (Nicholas), SZE > Attachments: Fun.java > > > Compared with java.lang.String, org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path is much heavier > since it contains URI. The size of a Path is roughly 3 times of a String. > See some numbers in the comments. > A major impact of decreasing Path size is allowing ls, archive, etc. on > directories with many files. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.