Hi Kevin, JobClient/JobConf is the "old" mapred API and Job/Configuration is the improved "new" API, so in general the latter is preferred.
-Sandy On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 5:27 AM, Kevin Burton <rkevinbur...@charter.net>wrote: > I notice that in some beginning texts on starting a Hadoop MapReduce job > sometimes JobClient/JobConf is used and sometimes Job/Configuration is > used. I have yet to see anyone comment on the features/benefits of either > set of methods. Could someone comment on their preferred method for > starting a MapReduce job from a Java program? **** > > ** ** > > Thank you.**** >
