MapReduce自定义数据类型

    Mapreduce有基本数据类型Text，IntWritable...，也可以由我们自定义数据类型。我们自定义数据类型需要实现接口WritableComparable，基本数据类型也是实现了这个接口。

下面是接口WritableComparable的源码

public interface WritableComparable<T> extends Writable, Comparable<T> {
}

可以看到接口WritableComparable继承了两个接口，而自己并没有实现任何方法。

下面是Writable接口的源码

public interface Writable {
  void write(DataOutput out) throws IOException;
  void readFields(DataInput in) throws IOException;
}

可以看到Writable接口中有两个方法，下面看Comparable接口

public interface Comparable<T> {
    public int compareTo(T o);
}

这个接口只有一个方法，所以继承自WritableComoarable的类需要实现三个方法，参照如下：

public class MyWritableComparable implements WritableComparable<MyWritableComparable> {
 *       private int counter;
 *       private long timestamp;
 *       
 *       public void write(DataOutput out) throws IOException {
 *         out.writeInt(counter);
 *         out.writeLong(timestamp);
 *       }
 *       
 *       public void readFields(DataInput in) throws IOException {
 *         counter = in.readInt();
 *         timestamp = in.readLong();
 *       }
 *       
 *       public int compareTo(MyWritableComparable o) {
 *         int thisValue = this.value;
 *         int thatValue = o.value;
 *         return (thisValue < thatValue ? -1 : (thisValue==thatValue ? 0 : 1));
 *       }
 *
 *       public int hashCode() {
 *         final int prime = 31;
 *         int result = 1;
 *         result = prime * result + counter;
 *         result = prime * result + (int) (timestamp ^ (timestamp >>> 32));
 *         return result
 *       }
 *     }