I think the problem is here: String valueString = new String(valueText.getBytes(), "UTF-8");
Javadoc for Text says: *getBytes<http://hadoop.apache.org/common/docs/current/api/org/apache/hadoop/io/Text.html#getBytes%28%29> *() Returns the raw bytes; however, only data up to getLength()<http://hadoop.apache.org/common/docs/current/api/org/apache/hadoop/io/Text.html#getLength%28%29>is valid. So try getting the length, truncating the byte array at the value returned by getLength() and THEN converting it to a String. Jeff On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Ted Yu <[email protected]> wrote: > For your initial question on Text.set(). > Text.setCapacity() allocates new byte array. Since keepData is false, old > data wouldn't be copied over. > > On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 8:01 AM, Peter Minearo < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > I am already using XmlInputFormat. The input into the Map phase is not > > the problem. The problem lays in between the Map and Reduce phase. > > > > BTW - The article is correct. DO NOT USE StreamXmlRecordReader. > > XmlInputFormat is a lot faster. From my testing, StreamXmlRecordReader > > took 8 minutes to read a 1 GB XML document; where as, XmlInputFormat was > > under 2 minutes. (Using 2 Core, 8GB machines) > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ted Yu [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 9:44 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Hadoop and XML > > > > From an earlier post: > > http://oobaloo.co.uk/articles/2010/1/20/processing-xml-in-hadoop.html > > > > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Peter Minearo < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Moving the variable to a local variable did not seem to work: > > > > > > > > > </PrivateRateSet>vateRateSet> > > > > > > > > > > > > public void map(Object key, Object value, OutputCollector output, > > > Reporter > > > reporter) throws IOException { > > > Text valueText = (Text)value; > > > String valueString = new String(valueText.getBytes(), > > > "UTF-8"); > > > String keyString = getXmlKey(valueString); > > > Text returnKeyText = new Text(); > > > Text returnValueText = new Text(); > > > returnKeyText.set(keyString); > > > returnValueText.set(valueString); > > > output.collect(returnKeyText, returnValueText); } > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Peter Minearo [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Fri 7/16/2010 2:51 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: RE: Hadoop and XML > > > > > > Whoops....right after I sent it and someone else made a suggestion; I > > > realized what question 2 was about. I can try that, but wouldn't that > > > > > cause Object bloat? During the Hadoop training I went through; it was > > > > > mentioned to reuse the returning Key and Value objects to keep the > > > number of Objects created down to a minimum. Is this not really a > > > valid point? > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Peter Minearo [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 2:44 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: RE: Hadoop and XML > > > > > > > > > I am not using multi-threaded Map tasks. Also, if I understand your > > > second question correctly: > > > "Also can you try creating the output key and values in the map > > > method(method lacal) ?" > > > In the first code snippet I am doing exactly that. > > > > > > Below is the class that runs the Job. > > > > > > public class HadoopJobClient { > > > > > > private static final Log LOGGER = > > > LogFactory.getLog(Prds.class.getName()); > > > > > > public static void main(String[] args) { > > > JobConf conf = new JobConf(Prds.class); > > > > > > conf.set("xmlinput.start", "<PrivateRateSet>"); > > > conf.set("xmlinput.end", "</PrivateRateSet>"); > > > > > > conf.setJobName("PRDS Parse"); > > > > > > conf.setOutputKeyClass(Text.class); > > > conf.setOutputValueClass(Text.class); > > > > > > conf.setMapperClass(PrdsMapper.class); > > > conf.setReducerClass(PrdsReducer.class); > > > > > > conf.setInputFormat(XmlInputFormat.class); > > > conf.setOutputFormat(TextOutputFormat.class); > > > > > > FileInputFormat.setInputPaths(conf, new Path(args[0])); > > > FileOutputFormat.setOutputPath(conf, new > > > Path(args[1])); > > > > > > // Run the job > > > try { > > > JobClient.runJob(conf); > > > } catch (IOException e) { > > > LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e); > > > } > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Soumya Banerjee [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Fri 7/16/2010 2:29 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: Hadoop and XML > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Can you please share the code of the job submission client ? > > > > > > Also can you try creating the output key and values in the map > > > method(method > > > lacal) ? > > > Make sure you are not using multi threaded map task configuration. > > > > > > map() > > > { > > > private Text keyText = new Text(); > > > private Text valueText = new Text(); > > > > > > //rest of the code > > > } > > > > > > Soumya. > > > > > > On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 2:30 AM, Peter Minearo < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I have an XML file that has sparse data in it. I am running a > > > > MapReduce Job that reads in an XML file, pulls out a Key from within > > > > > > the XML snippet and then hands back the Key and the XML snippet (as > > > > the Value) to the OutputCollector. The reason is to sort the file > > > back into order. > > > > Below is the snippet of code. > > > > > > > > public class XmlMapper extends MapReduceBase implements Mapper { > > > > > > > > private Text keyText = new Text(); > > > > private Text valueText = new Text(); > > > > > > > > @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") > > > > public void map(Object key, Object value, OutputCollector output, > > > > Reporter reporter) throws IOException { Text valueText = > > > > (Text)value; > > > > > > > String valueString = new String(valueText.getBytes(), "UTF-8"); > > > > String keyString = getXmlKey(valueString); > > > > getKeyText().set(keyString); getValueText().set(valueString); > > > > output.collect(getKeyText(), getValueText()); } > > > > > > > > > > > > public Text getKeyText() { > > > > return keyText; > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > > > public void setKeyText(Text keyText) { this.keyText = keyText; } > > > > > > > > > > > > public Text getValueText() { > > > > return valueText; > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > > > public void setValueText(Text valueText) { this.valueText = > > > > valueText; } > > > > > > > > > > > > private String getXmlKey(String value) { > > > > // Get the Key from the XML in the value. > > > > } > > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > The XML snippet from the Value is fine when it is passed into the > > > > map() method. I am not changing any data either, just pulling out > > > > information for the key. The problem I am seeing is between the Map > > > > > > phase and the Reduce phase, the XML is getting munged. For Example: > > > > > > > > </PrivateRate> > > > > </PrivateRateSet>te> > > > > > > > > It is my understanding that Hadoop uses the same instance of the Key > > > > > > and Value object when calling the Map method. What changes is the > > > > data within those instances. So, I ran an experiment where I do not > > > > > > have different Key or Value Text Objects. I reuse the ones passed > > > > into the method, like below: > > > > > > > > public class XmlMapper extends MapReduceBase implements Mapper { > > > > > > > > @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") > > > > public void map(Object key, Object value, OutputCollector output, > > > > Reporter reporter) throws IOException { Text keyText = (Text)key; > > > > Text valueText = (Text)value; String valueString = new > > > > String(valueText.getBytes(), "UTF-8"); String keyString = > > > > getXmlKey(valueString); keyText.set(keyString); > > > > valueText.set(valueString); output.collect(keyText, valueText); } > > > > > > > > > > > > private String getXmlKey(String value) { > > > > // Get the Key from the XML in the value. > > > > } > > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > What was interesting about this is the fact that the XML was getting > > > > > > munged within the Map Phase. When I changed over to the code at the > > > > > > top, the Map phase was fine. However, the Reduce phase picks up the > > > > > > munged XML. Trying to debug the problem, I came across this method > > > > in > > > > > > > the Text Object: > > > > > > > > public void set(byte[] utf8, int start, int len) { > > > > setCapacity(len, false); > > > > System.arraycopy(utf8, start, bytes, 0, len); > > > > this.length = len; > > > > } > > > > > > > > If the "bytes" array had a length of 1000 and the "utf8" array has a > > > > > > length of 500; doing a System.arraycopy() would only copy the first > > > > 500 from "utf8" to "bytes" but leave the last 500 in "bytes" alone. > > > > Could this be the cause of the XML munging? > > > > > > > > All of this leads me to a few questions: > > > > > > > > 1) Has anyone successfully used XML snippets as the data format > > > > within > > > > > > > a MapReduce job; not just reading from the file but used during the > > > > shuffle? > > > > 2) Is anyone seeing this problem with XML or any other format? > > > > 3) Does anyone know what is going on? > > > > 4) Is this a bug? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
