[ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-611?page=comments#action_12444751 ] Devaraj Das commented on HADOOP-611: ------------------------------------
A few changes: The API (1) should be RawKeyValueIterator merge (Path[] input) //this is to avoid duplicate method names since API (2) also uses the same //signature The other change in API (1) is that it would take one more boolean argument "deleteInputs" (true means input paths will be deleted when merge has consumed them). Missed this earlier: In the SegmentDescriptor, a method is provided called "cleanup()". During the merge process, this method is invoked whenever a segment is done with. One can override the SegmentDescriptor and define a cleanup that deletes the segment (for e.g., if the segment in question is the only segment in the segment's pathname). > SequenceFile.Sorter should have a merge method that returns an iterator > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-611 > URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-611 > Project: Hadoop > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: io > Reporter: Owen O'Malley > Assigned To: Devaraj Das > Fix For: 0.8.0 > > > SequenceFile.Sorter should get a new merge method that returns an iterator > over the keys/values. > The current merge method should become a simple method that gets the iterator > and writes the records out to a file. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
