Re: Output.collect uses toString for custom key class. Is it possible to change this?

[David Coe]

Owen O'Malley wrote:
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> On Dec 16, 2008, at 8:28 AM, David Coe wrote:
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>> Is there a way to output the write() instead?
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> Use SequenceFileOutputFormat. It writes binary files using the write.
> The reverse is SequenceFileInputFormat, which reads the sequence files
> using readFields.
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> -- Owen
Does the SequenceFileOutputFormat work with NullWritable as the value?