If you want to use the many methods of DFS, that is how you may check
for it and use it. However, the use of DistributedFileSystem directly
is discouraged as well (its not an interface, and is not meant to be
used directly by users at least).
What are you looking to do with it exactly Michael, and which method
inside DFS particularly interests you that FS itself does not provide?
If you can tell me your reasons, I can be a better judge, but in any
case it could turn out to be a problem to maintain as the framework
gives you no guarantee of it breaking/remaining stable in future (but
you are mostly okay if you are sticking to one version).
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Michael Lok <fula...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm using the FileSystem class to connect to a HDFS installation. I'm also
> checking the instance if it's of DistributedFileSystem.
>
>> FileSystem fs = FileSystem.get(uri, conf, "hadoop");
>>
>> DistributedFileSystem dfs = null;
>>
>> if (fs instanceof DistributedFileSystem) {
>> ...
>
>
> Was wondering if there's a way to obtain an instance of the NameNode class
> via the DistributedFileSystem or do I need to use ClientProtocol (which
> doesn't seem likely as the InterfaceAudience is set to Private)?
>
>
> Thanks!
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