[HADOOP-3927] Be able to create a Configuration out an stream (with config XML content)

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Component/s: conf

Environment

all

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Alejandro Abdelnur
• Created: 08/Aug/08 08:10
• Updated: 16/Sep/08 17:24
• Resolved: 16/Sep/08 04:29

Description

While it is possible to write a Configuration as XML to a stream, it is not possible to read from a stream a Configuration.

The use case is to persist a given Configuration (more specifically a JobConf) for later retrieval an use.

Currently I can do it only by first writing the XML content to a temporary file and then give a URL to that temporary file to the Configuration as addResource or in the constructor.

Issue Links

• is part of: HADOOP-3702 add support for chaining Maps in a single Map and after a Reduce [M*/RM*]