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Erik Forsberg updated HDFS-1169:
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Summary: Can't read binary data off HDFS via thrift API (was: Can't read
binary data off HDFS)
> Can't read binary data off HDFS via thrift API
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> Key: HDFS-1169
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-1169
> Project: Hadoop HDFS
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: contrib/thriftfs
> Affects Versions: 0.20.2
> Reporter: Erik Forsberg
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> Trying to access binary data stored in HDFS (in my case, TypedByte files
> generated by Dumbo) via thrift talking to
> org.apache.hadoop.thriftfs.HadoopThriftServer, the data I get back is
> mangled. For example, when I read a file which contains the value 0xa2, it's
> coming back as 0xef 0xbf 0xbd, also known as the Unicode replacement
> character.
> I think this is because the read method in HadoopThriftServer.java is trying
> to convert the data read from HDFS into UTF-8 via the String() constructor.
> This essentially makes the HDFS thrift API useless for me :-(.
> Not being an expert on Thrift, but would it be possible to modify the API so
> that it uses the binary type listed on
> http://wiki.apache.org/thrift/ThriftTypes?
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