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Doug Cutting commented on HADOOP-1563:
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I talked with Owen about this, and what he wants is more like a 'tar' format
for the FileSystem API, something that preserves standard properties, without
being specific to the FileSystem implementation. The URI for this should be
something like hftp://host:port/a/b/c, since, while HTTP will be used as the
transport, this will not be a FileSystem for arbitrary HTTP urls. Finally, we
agreed that the FileSystem API should be altered, so that listStatus() is the
primary method, replacing both listPaths() and getStatus(). Whether or not my
HttpFileSystem (included above) is in fact ever used, that patch also has some
cleanups to the FileSystem API that should be committed.
> Create FileSystem implementation to read HDFS data via http
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> Key: HADOOP-1563
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-1563
> Project: Hadoop
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: fs
> Affects Versions: 0.14.0
> Reporter: Owen O'Malley
> Assignee: Chris Douglas
> Attachments: httpfs.patch, httpfs2.patch
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> There should be a FileSystem implementation that can read from a Namenode's
> http interface. This would have a couple of useful abilities:
> 1. Copy using distcp between different versions of HDFS.
> 2. Use map/reduce inputs from a different version of HDFS.
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