[HADOOP-2843] mapred.join access control is overly restrictive

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.16.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.16.1
• Assignee: Christopher Douglas
• Reporter: Christopher Douglas
• Created: 15/Feb/08 19:37
• Updated: 14/Mar/08 18:31
• Resolved: 17/Feb/08 18:15

Description

Currently, most of the o.a.h.mapred.join code is package-private, permitting meaningful extension only from MultiFilterRecordReader and JoinRecordReader. It should be opened up to permit users to add operations not strictly descending from the existing hierarchy.