[MAPREDUCE-5215] mapreduce.Job is missing getJobClient() so its incompatible with MR1

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 2.2.0
• Component/s: mrv2
• Assignee: Robert Kanter
• Reporter: Robert Kanter
• Created: 07/May/13 05:17
• Updated: 27/Nov/13 20:19
• Resolved: 27/Nov/13 20:19

Description

The method org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobClient getJobClient() is in MR1's mapreduce.Job but doesn't exist in MR2's, which makes them incompatible. MR2's implementation of Job doesn't use a JobClient object, but we can create one and return it.