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Doug Cutting commented on HADOOP-3380: -------------------------------------- > serializationFactory.getSerialization(IntWritable) equals > serializationFactory.getSerialization(DoubleWritable) No, that's not required and not the case with the current implementation. > Anyway, aside from this, what is the benefit of tying getComparator() to > serialization [...] A RawComparator compares serialized data, not objects. > need comparators in serializer framework > ---------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-3380 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-3380 > Project: Hadoop Core > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: io > Reporter: Doug Cutting > Attachments: comparator_wip1.patch, comparator_wip1.patch > > > The new serialization framework permits Hadoop to incorporate different > serialization systems, including Hadoop's Writable, Thrift, Java > Serialization, etc. It provides a generic, extensible means > (SerializationFactory) to create serializers and deserializers for arbitrary > Java classes. However it does not include a generic means to create > comparators for these classes. Comparators are required for MapReduce keys > and many other computations. Thus we should enhance the serialization > framwork to provide comparators too. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.