[AVRO-808] Add AvroAsTextInputFormat for turning Avro Data Files to text

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.5.1
• Component/s: java
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Thomas White
• Reporter: Thomas White
• Created: 21/Apr/11 00:27
• Updated: 06/May/11 19:14
• Resolved: 26/Apr/11 16:34

Description

This is the analog of SequenceFileAsTextInputFormat for Avro Data Files. This would be useful for streaming as it converts Avro data to their JSON representation, or the raw bytes in the case of a "bytes" schema.