What do you think about using the InputFormat class name as key and in case it is not available in the InputFormats cache we simply load the object via dynamic class loading from the job jar?
Makes that sense?
Yes, that makes sense. I don't expect that most folks will define their own input or output format, but, if they want to, then they should certainly be able to.
If you implement this, please submit it as a patch.
Thanks,
Doug
