Package org.apache.avro.hadoop.io

Class AvroSerializer<T>

java.lang.Object

org.apache.avro.hadoop.io.AvroSerializer<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The Java type of the Avro data.

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializer<AvroWrapper<T>>

public class AvroSerializer<T>
extends Object
implements Serializer<AvroWrapper<T>>

Serializes AvroWrapper objects within Hadoop.

Keys and values containing Avro types are more efficiently serialized outside of the WritableSerialization model, so they are wrapped in AvroWrapper objects and serialization is handled by this class.

MapReduce jobs that use AvroWrapper objects as keys or values need to be configured with AvroSerialization. Use AvroJob to help with Job configuration.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AvroSerializer(Schema writerSchema)	Constructor.
AvroSerializer(Schema writerSchema, DatumWriter<T> datumWriter)	Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	close()
Schema	getWriterSchema()	Gets the writer schema being used for serialization.
void	open(OutputStream outputStream)
void	serialize(AvroWrapper<T> avroWrapper)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

AvroSerializer

public AvroSerializer(Schema writerSchema)

Constructor.

Parameters:

writerSchema - The writer schema for the Avro data being serialized.

AvroSerializer

public AvroSerializer(Schema writerSchema,
 DatumWriter<T> datumWriter)

Constructor.

Parameters:

writerSchema - The writer schema for the Avro data being serialized.

datumWriter - The datum writer to use for serialization.

Method Details

getWriterSchema

public Schema getWriterSchema()

Gets the writer schema being used for serialization.

Returns:

The writer schema.

open

public void open(OutputStream outputStream)
          throws IOException

Specified by:

open in interface Serializer<T>

Throws:

IOException

serialize

public void serialize(AvroWrapper<T> avroWrapper)
               throws IOException

Specified by:

serialize in interface Serializer<T>

Throws:

IOException

close

public void close()
           throws IOException

Specified by:

close in interface Serializer<T>

Throws:

IOException