Hi Ajay, Try SequenceFileAsBinaryInputFormat ?
Thanks Rekha On 11/09/12 11:24 AM, "Ajay Srivastava" <ajay.srivast...@guavus.com> wrote: >Hi, > >I am using default inputFormat class for reading input from text files >but the input file has some non utf-8 characters. >I guess that TextInputFormat class is default inputFormat class and it >replaces these non utf-8 chars by "\uFFFD". If I do not want this >behavior and need actual char in my mapper what should be the correct >inputFormat class ? > > > >Regards, >Ajay Srivastava