ayushtkn commented on code in PR #4215:
URL: https://github.com/apache/hadoop/pull/4215#discussion_r1107967867
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hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/WritableName.java:
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@@ -79,20 +79,42 @@ public static synchronized String getName(Class<?>
writableClass) {
return writableClass.getName();
}
+ /**
+ * Return the class for a name. Requires the class for name to extend
Writable.
+ * See {@link #getClass(String, Configuration, boolean)} if class doesn't
extend Writable.
+ * Default is {@link Class#forName(String)}.
+ *
+ * @param name input name.
+ * @param conf input configuration.
+ * @return class for a name.
+ * @throws IOException raised on errors performing I/O.
+ */
+ public static synchronized Class<?> getClass(String name, Configuration conf)
+ throws IOException {
+ return getClass(name, conf, true);
+ }
+
/**
* Return the class for a name.
* Default is {@link Class#forName(String)}.
*
* @param name input name.
* @param conf input configuration.
+ * @param requireWritable if true, require the class for name to extend
Writable
* @return class for a name.
* @throws IOException raised on errors performing I/O.
*/
- public static synchronized Class<?> getClass(String name, Configuration conf
- ) throws IOException {
+ public static synchronized Class<?> getClass(String name, Configuration conf,
+ boolean requireWritable) throws IOException {
Review Comment:
Go ahead
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