Have you considered just taking the line of text as is and using Guava's Splitter?
Not sure how this is related to HBase -----Original Message----- From: Arsalan Bilal [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 7:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Problem in Input Format Class i want to read text file (sample given below) separated with semicolon(;) using mapper. Each one record is separated with semicolon(;). Should i write my own custom input format class? OR Is there exist any input format class that ask about separator? input File look 1;00000003;310:012:8001:01;-05:00;04:04;2010;45;56164773;3;1;0;1; 100;;;1a325416:123254:f1;16309792000;310012001001001;c0000000;; 310:012:0000401;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;172.16.47.33;;;310:012:555550b;; -- Best Regards, Arsalan Bilal
