[HADOOP-3413] SequenceFile.Reader doesn't use the Serialization framework

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.17.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.18.0
• Component/s: io
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Thomas White
• Reporter: Arun Murthy
• Created: 19/May/08 08:33
• Updated: 22/Aug/08 19:50
• Resolved: 06/Jun/08 22:24

Description

Currently SequenceFile.Reader only works with Writables, since it doesn't use the new Serialization framework. This is a glaring considering that SequenceFile.Writer uses the Serializer and handles arbitrary types via the SerializationFactory.