Meta question. I see avro is the means, what is the end goal? What do you want to do with the data after converting it to avro?
> -----Original Message----- > From: felix gao [mailto:gre1...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 12:30 PM > To: user@avro.apache.org > Subject: Re: How to get started with examples on avro > > Thanks for the quick reply. I am interested in doing this through the java > implementation and I would like to do it in parallel that > utilizes the mapreduce framework. > > > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Harsh J <qwertyman...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Based on the language you're targeting, have a look at its test-cases > available on the in the project's version control: > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/avro/trunk/lang/ [You can check it out > via SVN, or via Git mirrors] > > Another good resource on the ends of Avro (Data and RPC) is by phunt > at http://github.com/phunt/avro-rpc-quickstart#readme > > I had written a python data-file centric snippet for Avro a while ago > at my blog; it may help if you're looking to get started with Python > (although it does not cover all aspects, which the functions in the > available test cases for lang/python do): > > http://www.harshj.com/2010/04/25/writing-and-reading-avro-data-files-using-python/ > > > On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 1:34 AM, felix gao <gre1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am trying to convert a lot of our existing logs into avro format in > > hadoop. I am not sure if there are any examples to follow. > > Thanks, > > Felix > > > > > -- > Harsh J > www.harshj.com > >
