On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 8:25 AM, Pedro Costa <psdc1...@gmail.com> wrote: > What I want to ask is: > > - how do I read the values from sequence files that are block, or record > compressed, or uncompressed?
You use the SequenceFile.Reader class. > - how do I know if the sequence file is block compressed, record > compressed, or uncompressed? You use the SequenceFile.Reader class. > > - how do I know if it's a sequence file or a Textfile? SequenceFile's always have "SEQ" followed by the version in the first 4 bytes. -- Owen
