Set the Order of the Keys in Reduce

[Brian MacKay]

Hello,

 

Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

 

Is there a way to set the order of the keys in reduce as shown below, no
matter what order the collection in MAP occurs in.

 

Thanks, Brian

 

 

    public void map(WritableComparable key, Text values,

            OutputCollector<Text, Text> output, Reporter reporter)
throws IOException {

 

                        //collect many CAT_A and CAT_B in random order

                        output.collect(CAT_A, details);

                        output.collect(CAT_B, details);

 

     }

 

 

 

   public void reduce(Text key, Iterator<Text> values,

                    OutputCollector<Text, Text> output, Reporter
reporter) throws IOException {

 

            //always reduce CAT_A first, then reduce CAT_B

 

  }

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