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The "Pig070LoadStoreHowTo" page has been changed by PradeepKamath. http://wiki.apache.org/pig/Pig070LoadStoreHowTo?action=diff&rev1=4&rev2=5 -------------------------------------------------- == How to implement a Loader == [[LoadFunc || http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/hadoop/pig/trunk/src/org/apache/pig/LoadFunc.java?view=markup]] abstract class which has the main methods for loading data and for most use case it might suffice to extend it. There are 3 other optional interfaces which can be implemented to achieve extended functionality: + * !LoadMetadata has methods to deal with metadata - most implementation of loaders don't need to implement this unless they interact with some metadata system. The getSchema() method in this interface provides a way for loader implementations to communicate the schema of the data back to pig. If a loader implementation returns data comprised of fields of real types (rather than !DataByteArray fields), it should provide the schema describing the data returned through the getSchema() method. The other methods are concerned with other types of metadata like partition keys and statistics. Implementations can return null return values for these methods if they are not applicable for that implementation. + * !LoadPushDown has methods to push operations from pig runtime into loader implementations - currently only projections .i.e the pushProjection() method is called by Pig to communicate to the loader what exact fields are required in the pig script. The loader implementation can choose to honor the request or respond that it will not honor the request and return all fields in the data.If a loader implementation is able to efficiently return only required fields, it should implement !LoadPushDown to improve query performance. - * !LoadMetadata has methods to deal with metadata - most implementation of loaders don't need to implement this unless they interact with some metadata system. The getSchema() method in this interface provides a way for - loader implementations to communicate the schema of the data back to pig. If a loader implementation returns data comprised of fields of real types (rather than !DataByteArray fields), it should provide the schema describing - the data returned through the getSchema() method. The other methods are concerned with other types of metadata like partition keys and statistics. Implementations can return null return values for these methods if they are - not applicable for that implementation. - * !LoadPushDown has methods to push operations from pig runtime into loader implementations - currently only projections .i.e the pushProjection() method is called by Pig to communicate to the loader what exact fields - are required in the pig script. The loader implementation can choose to honor the request or respond that it will not honor the request and return all fields in the data.If a loader implementation is able to efficiently - return only required fields, it should implement !LoadPushDown to improve query performance. * !LoadCaster has methods to convert byte arrays to specific types. A loader implementation should implement this if casts (implicit or explicit) from !DataByteArray fields to other types need to be supported. The !LoadFunc abstract class is the main class to extend to implement a loader. The methods which need to be overriden are explained below: + * getInputFormat() :This method will be called by Pig to get the !InputFormat used by the loader. The methods in the !InputFormat (and underlying !RecordReader) will be called by pig in the same manner (and in the same context) as by Hadoop in a map-reduce java program. If the !InputFormat is a hadoop packaged one, the implementation should use the new API based one under org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce. If it is a custom !InputFormat, it should be implemented using the new API in org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce. + * setLocation() :This method is called by Pig to communicate the load location to the loader. The loader should use this method to communicate the same information to the underlying !InputFormat. This method is called multiple times by pig - implementations should bear in mind that this method is called multiple times and should ensure there are no inconsistent side effects due to the multiple calls. - * getInputFormat() :This method will be called by Pig to get the !InputFormat used by the loader. The methods in the !InputFormat (and underlying !RecordReader) will be called by pig in the same manner (and in the same context) - as by Hadoop in a map-reduce java program. If the !InputFormat is a hadoop packaged one, the implementation should use the new API based one under org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce. If it is a custom !InputFormat, it should be - implemented using the new API in org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce. - * setLocation() :This method is called by Pig to communicate the load location to the loader. The loader should use this method to communicate the same information to the underlying !InputFormat. This method is called multiple - times by pig - implementations should bear in mind that this method is called multiple times and should ensure there are no inconsistent side effects due to the multiple calls. - * prepareToRead() : Through this method the !RecordReader associated with the !InputFormat provided by the !LoadFunc is passed to the !LoadFunc. The !RecordReader can then be used by the implementation in getNext() to return a + * prepareToRead() : Through this method the !RecordReader associated with the !InputFormat provided by the !LoadFunc is passed to the !LoadFunc. The !RecordReader can then be used by the implementation in getNext() to return a tuple representing a record of data back to pig. - tuple representing a record of data back to pig. - * getNext() :The meaning of getNext() has not changed and is called by Pig runtime to get the next tuple in the data - in the new API, this is the method wherein the implementation will use the the underlying !RecordReader + * getNext() :The meaning of getNext() has not changed and is called by Pig runtime to get the next tuple in the data - in the new API, this is the method wherein the implementation will use the the underlying !RecordReader and construct a tuple - and construct a tuple The following methods have default implementations in !LoadFunc and should be overridden only if needed: + * setUdfContextSignature():This method will be called by Pig both in the front end and back end to pass a unique signature to the Loader. The signature can be used to store into the !UDFContext any information which the Loader needs to store between various method invocations in the front end and back end. A use case is to store !RequiredFieldList passed to it in !LoadPushDown.pushProjection(RequiredFieldList) for use in the back end before returning tuples in getNext(). The default implementation in !LoadFunc has an empty body. This method will be called before other methods. - * setUdfContextSignature():This method will be called by Pig both in the front end and back end to pass a unique signature to the Loader. The signature can be used to store into the !UDFContext any information which the - Loader needs to store between various method invocations in the front end and back end. A use case is to store !RequiredFieldList passed to it in !LoadPushDown.pushProjection(RequiredFieldList) for use in the back end before - returning tuples in getNext(). The default implementation in !LoadFunc has an empty body. This method will be called before other methods. - * relativeToAbsolutePath():Pig runtime will call this method to allow the Loader to convert a relative load location to an absolute location. The default implementation provided in !LoadFunc handles this for !FileSystem + * relativeToAbsolutePath():Pig runtime will call this method to allow the Loader to convert a relative load location to an absolute location. The default implementation provided in !LoadFunc handles this for !FileSystem locations. If the load source is something else, loader implementation may choose to override this. - locations. If the load source is something else, loader implementation may choose to override this. === Example Implementation === + The loader implementation in the example is a loader for text data with line delimiter as '\n' and '\t' as default field delimiter (which can be overridden by passing a different field delimiter in the constructor) - this is similar to current !PigStorage loader in Pig. The new implementation uses an existing Hadoop supported !Inputformat - !TextInputFormat as the underlying !InputFormat. - The loader implementation in the example is a loader for text data with line delimiter as '\n' and '\t' as default field delimiter (which can be overridden by passing a different field delimiter in the constructor) - - this is similar to current !PigStorage loader in Pig. The new implementation uses an existing Hadoop supported !Inputformat - !TextInputFormat as the underlying !InputFormat. {{{ public class SimpleTextLoader extends LoadFunc {
