Github user dossett commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/storm/pull/1044#discussion_r56240831
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@@ -240,6 +240,23 @@ If you are using Trident and sequence files you can do
something like this:
.addRotationAction(new
MoveFileAction().withDestination("/dest2/"));
```
+### Data Partitioning
+Data can be partitioned to different HDFS directories based on
characteristics of the tuple being processed or purely
+external factors, such as system time. To partition your your data, write
a class that implements the ```Partitioner```
+interface and pass it to the withPartitioner() method of your bolt. The
getPartitionPath() method returns a partition
+path for a given tuple.
+
+Here's an example of a Partitioner that operates on a specific field of
data:
+
+```java
+
+ Partitioner partitoner = new Partitioner() {
+ @Override
+ public String getPartitionPath(Tuple tuple) {
+ return Path.SEPARATOR + "city=" +
tuple.getStringByField("city");
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The "city=" was from a Hive-specific use case I was working on. The
partitioner would return "city=<name>" to create a partitioning scheme that
would be usable for a Hive external table. I will remove that from the
standard documentation and maybe add a hive-specific note.
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