Thanks Bejoy,
I try to implement and if face any issues will let you know.

Thanks
Stuti

From: Bejoy Ks [mailto:bejoy.had...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 8:39 PM
To: user@hadoop.apache.org
Subject: Re: Issue in access static object in MapReduce

Hi Stuti

You can pass the json object as a configuration property from your main class 
then Initialize this static json object on the configure() method. Every 
instance of map or reduce task will have this configure() method executed once 
before the map()/reduce() function . So all the executions of map()/reduce() on 
each record can have a look up into the json object.

public void configure(JobConf job)

Regards
Bejoy KS
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 8:23 PM, Stuti Awasthi 
<stutiawas...@hcl.com<mailto:stutiawas...@hcl.com>> wrote:


Hi,

I have a configuration JSON file which is accessed by MR job for every input.So 
, I created a class with a static block, load the JSON file in static Instance 
variable.

So everytime my mapper or reducer wants to access configuration can use this 
Instance variable. But on a single node cluster,when I run this as a jar, my 
mapper is executing fine,

But in reducer static Instance variable is retuning "null".



I get this mainly because mapper and reducer runs on separate jvms. How can I 
handle this situation gracefully. There are few ways that I can think of:



1.  Serialize the JSON load object and store it on HDFS and then deserialize 
and use in the code. Problem is obj is not too large so not be useful to store 
on HDFS

2. I load the JSON for every Input line of map reduce call. This is highly 
inefficient and  as Il be loading JSON for so many lines again and again.



How to resolve this issue.. Any Inputs  are welcome.



Note , same code works with eclipse well. :(



Thanks

Stuti



Regards,
Stuti Awasthi
HCL Comnet Systems and Services Ltd



::DISCLAIMER::
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and intended 
for the named recipient(s) only.
E-mail transmission is not guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information 
could be intercepted, corrupted,
lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or may contain viruses in 
transmission. The e mail and its contents
(with or without referred errors) shall therefore not attach any liability on 
the originator or HCL or its affiliates.
Views or opinions, if any, presented in this email are solely those of the 
author and may not necessarily reflect the
views or opinions of HCL or its affiliates. Any form of reproduction, 
dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification,
distribution and / or publication of this message without the prior written 
consent of authorized representative of
HCL is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please 
delete it and notify the sender immediately.
Before opening any email and/or attachments, please check them for viruses and 
other defects.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Reply via email to