Filed as https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-4437
On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 4:49 PM, Reynold Xin <r...@databricks.com> wrote: > I don't think the code is immediately obvious. > > Davies - I think you added the code, and Josh reviewed it. Can you guys > explain and maybe submit a patch to add more documentation on the whole > thing? > > Thanks. > > > On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 3:22 AM, Vibhanshu Prasad < > vibhanshugs...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > I am going through the source code of rdd and Record readers > > There are found 2 classes > > > > 1. WholeTextFileRecordReader > > 2. WholeCombineFileRecordReader ( extends CombineFileRecordReader ) > > > > The description of both the classes is perfectly similar. > > > > I am not able to understand why we have 2 classes. Is > > CombineFileRecordReader providing some extra advantage? > > > > Regards > > Vibhanshu > > >