Hi, AFAIK readline is not recommended on DataInput types. Also, look into writableutils to see if something there may be used. Hope this helps.
Amogh On 10/15/09 9:31 AM, "z3r0c001" <ceo.co...@gmail.com> wrote: I'm trying to implement Writable interface. but not sure how to serialize/write/read data from nested objects in public class StorageClass implements Writable{ public String xStr; public String yStr; public List<SubStorage> sStor //omitted ctors @override public void write(DataOutput out) throws IOException{ out.writeChars(xStr); out.WriteChars(yStr); //WHAT SHOULD I DO FOR List<SubStorage> } @override public void readFields(DataInput in) throws IOException{ xStr = in.readLine(); yStr = in.readLine(); //WHAT SHOULD I DO FOR List<SubStorage> } } public class SubStorage{ public String x; public String y; }