Hi, You can use java API's to compile custom java code and create jars. For example , look at this code from Sqoop
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String jarOutDir = options.getJarOutputDir(); File jarOutDirObj = new File(jarOutDir); if (!jarOutDirObj.exists()) { boolean mkdirSuccess = jarOutDirObj.mkdirs(); if (!mkdirSuccess) { LOG.debug("Warning: Could not make directories for " + jarOutDir); } } else if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) { LOG.debug("Found existing " + jarOutDir); } // Make sure jarOutDir ends with a '/'. if (!jarOutDir.endsWith(File.separator)) { jarOutDir = jarOutDir + File.separator; } // find hadoop-*-core.jar for classpath. String coreJar = findHadoopCoreJar(); if (null == coreJar) { // Couldn't find a core jar to insert into the CP for compilation. If, // however, we're running this from a unit test, then the path to the // .class files might be set via the hadoop.alt.classpath property // instead. Check there first. String coreClassesPath = System.getProperty("hadoop.alt.classpath"); if (null == coreClassesPath) { // no -- we're out of options. Fail. throw new IOException("Could not find hadoop core jar!"); } else { coreJar = coreClassesPath; } } // find sqoop jar for compilation classpath String sqoopJar = Jars.getSqoopJarPath(); if (null != sqoopJar) { sqoopJar = File.pathSeparator + sqoopJar; } else { LOG.warn("Could not find sqoop jar; child compilation may fail"); sqoopJar = ""; } String curClasspath = System.getProperty("java.class.path"); args.add("-sourcepath"); args.add(jarOutDir); args.add("-d"); args.add(jarOutDir); args.add("-classpath"); args.add(curClasspath + File.pathSeparator + coreJar + sqoopJar); JavaCompiler compiler = ToolProvider.getSystemJavaCompiler(); if (null == compiler) { LOG.error("It seems as though you are running sqoop with a JRE."); LOG.error("Sqoop requires a JDK that can compile Java code."); LOG.error("Please install a JDK and set $JAVA_HOME to use it."); throw new IOException("Could not start Java compiler."); } StandardJavaFileManager fileManager = compiler.getStandardFileManager(null, null, null); ArrayList<String> srcFileNames = new ArrayList<String>(); for (String srcfile : sources) { srcFileNames.add(jarOutDir + srcfile); LOG.debug("Adding source file: " + jarOutDir + srcfile); } if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) { LOG.debug("Invoking javac with args:"); for (String arg : args) { LOG.debug(" " + arg); } } Iterable<? extends JavaFileObject> srcFileObjs = fileManager.getJavaFileObjectsFromStrings(srcFileNames); JavaCompiler.CompilationTask task = compiler.getTask( null, // Write to stderr fileManager, null, // No special diagnostic handling args, null, // Compile all classes in the source compilation units srcFileObjs); boolean result = task.call(); if (!result) { throw new IOException("Error returned by javac"); } // Where we should move source files after compilation. String srcOutDir = new File(options.getCodeOutputDir()).getAbsolutePath(); if (!srcOutDir.endsWith(File.separator)) { srcOutDir = srcOutDir + File.separator; } // Move these files to the srcOutDir. for (String srcFileName : sources) { String orig = jarOutDir + srcFileName; String dest = srcOutDir + srcFileName; File fOrig = new File(orig); File fDest = new File(dest); File fDestParent = fDest.getParentFile(); if (null != fDestParent && !fDestParent.exists()) { if (!fDestParent.mkdirs()) { LOG.error("Could not make directory: " + fDestParent); } } if (!fOrig.renameTo(fDest)) { LOG.error("Could not rename " + orig + " to " + dest); } } } /** * @return the complete filename of the .jar file to generate. */ public String getJarFilename() { String jarOutDir = options.getJarOutputDir(); String tableName = options.getTableName(); String specificClassName = options.getClassName(); if (specificClassName != null && specificClassName.length() > 0) { return jarOutDir + specificClassName + ".jar"; } else if (null != tableName && tableName.length() > 0) { return jarOutDir + tableName + ".jar"; } else if (this.sources.size() == 1) { // if we only have one source file, find it's base name, // turn "foo.java" into "foo", and then return jarDir + "foo" + ".jar" String srcFileName = this.sources.get(0); String basename = new File(srcFileName).getName(); String [] parts = basename.split("\\."); String preExtPart = parts[0]; return jarOutDir + preExtPart + ".jar"; } else { return jarOutDir + DEFAULT_CODEGEN_JAR_NAME; } } /** * Searches through a directory and its children for .class * files to add to a jar. * * @param dir - The root directory to scan with this algorithm. * @param jstream - The JarOutputStream to write .class files to. */ private void addClassFilesFromDir(File dir, JarOutputStream jstream) throws IOException { LOG.debug("Scanning for .class files in directory: " + dir); List<File> dirEntries = FileListing.getFileListing(dir); String baseDirName = dir.getAbsolutePath(); if (!baseDirName.endsWith(File.separator)) { baseDirName = baseDirName + File.separator; } // For each input class file, create a zipfile entry for it, // read the file into a buffer, and write it to the jar file. for (File entry : dirEntries) { if (!entry.isDirectory()) { // Chomp off the portion of the full path that is shared // with the base directory where class files were put; // we only record the subdir parts in the zip entry. String fullPath = entry.getAbsolutePath(); String chompedPath = fullPath.substring(baseDirName.length()); boolean include = chompedPath.endsWith(".class") && sources.contains( chompedPath.substring(0, chompedPath.length() - ".class".length()) + ".java"); if (include) { // include this file. LOG.debug("Got classfile: " + entry.getPath() + " -> " + chompedPath); ZipEntry ze = new ZipEntry(chompedPath); jstream.putNextEntry(ze); copyFileToStream(entry, jstream); jstream.closeEntry(); } } } } /** * Create an output jar file to use when executing MapReduce jobs. */ public void jar() throws IOException { String jarOutDir = options.getJarOutputDir(); String jarFilename = getJarFilename(); LOG.info("Writing jar file: " + jarFilename); File jarFileObj = new File(jarFilename); if (jarFileObj.exists()) { LOG.debug("Found existing jar (" + jarFilename + "); removing."); if (!jarFileObj.delete()) { LOG.warn("Could not remove existing jar file: " + jarFilename); } } FileOutputStream fstream = null; JarOutputStream jstream = null; try { fstream = new FileOutputStream(jarFilename); jstream = new JarOutputStream(fstream); addClassFilesFromDir(new File(jarOutDir), jstream); jstream.finish(); } finally { if (null != jstream) { try { jstream.close(); } catch (IOException ioe) { LOG.warn("IOException closing jar stream: " + ioe.toString()); } } if (null != fstream) { try { fstream.close(); } catch (IOException ioe) { LOG.warn("IOException closing file stream: " + ioe.toString()); } } } LOG.debug("Finished writing jar file " + jarFilename); } private static final int BUFFER_SZ = 4096; /** * Utility method to copy a .class file into the jar stream. * @param f * @param ostream * @throws IOException */ private void copyFileToStream(File f, OutputStream ostream) throws IOException { FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(f); byte [] buffer = new byte[BUFFER_SZ]; try { while (true) { int bytesReceived = fis.read(buffer); if (bytesReceived < 1) { break; } ostream.write(buffer, 0, bytesReceived); } } finally { fis.close(); } } } On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 6:19 AM, robert <robert-hamil...@austin.rr.com>wrote: > Suppose I want to generate a mapper class at run time and use that > class in my MapReduce job. > > What is the best way to do this? Would I just have an extra scripted > step to pre-compile it and distribute with -libjars, or if I felt like > compiling it dynamically with for example JavaCompiler is there some > elegant way to distribute the class at run time? > > -- https://github.com/zinnia-phatak-dev/Nectar