因为spark中textFile读文件的函数沿用的MR,MR读文件是行读取器,一行一行读出来,只能string去接收。
源码:
/**
* Read a text file from HDFS, a local file system (available on all nodes), or any
* Hadoop-supported file system URI, and return it as an RDD of Strings.
* @param path path to the text file on a supported file system
* @param minPartitions suggested minimum number of partitions for the resulting RDD
* @return RDD of lines of the text file
*/
def textFile(
path: String,
minPartitions: Int = defaultMinPartitions): RDD[String] = withScope {
assertNotStopped()
hadoopFile(path, classOf[TextInputFormat], classOf[LongWritable], classOf[Text],
minPartitions).map(pair => pair._2.toString).setName(path)
}