Thanks Chris! That worked! On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 6:06 AM, Chris White <chriswhite...@gmail.com>wrote:
> If your class implements the configurable interface, hadoop will call the > setConf method after creating the instance. Look in the source code for > ReflectionUtils.newInstance for more info > On Mar 14, 2012 2:31 AM, "Jane Wayne" <jane.wayne2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > i am using the new org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Partitioner class. > however, > > i need to pass it some background information. how can i do this? > > > > in the old, org.apache.hadoop.mapred.Partitioner class (now deprecated), > > this class extends JobConfigurable, and it seems the "hook" to pass in > any > > background data is with the JobConfigurable.configure(JobConf job) > method. > > > > i thought that if i sub-classed org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Partitioner, > i > > could pass in the background information, however, in the > > org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Job class, it only has a > > setPartitionerClass(Class<? extends Partitioner>) method. > > > > all my development has been the new mapreduce package, and i would > > definitely desire to stick with the new API/package. any help is > > appreciated. > > >
