You should be able to get the table name from the split. Within the map() method:
((TableSplit)context.getInputSplit()).getTableName() That will return the name of the table as a byte array. Jeff On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 6:20 AM, Eric Z. Beard <ericzbe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > With a regular map reduce job using MultipleInputs.addInputPath, you can > specify a different mapper class for each input. With the HBase > initTableMapperJob, each Scan Result gets handled by the same mapper. How > can you tell which table you are dealing with in the mapper? > > Thanks, > > Eric Z. Beard -- *Jeff Kolesky* Chief Software Architect *Opower*