[HADOOP-5528] Binary partitioner

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.0.3, 0.21.0
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Release Note: New BinaryPartitioner that partitions BinaryComparable keys by hashing a configurable part of the bytes array corresponding to the key.
• Assignee: Klaas Bosteels Assign to me
• Reporter: Klaas Bosteels
• Created: 18/Mar/09 16:41
• Updated: 29/Mar/12 16:53
• Resolved: 02/Apr/09 20:13

Description

It would be useful to have a BinaryPartitioner that partitions BinaryComparable keys by hashing a configurable part of the bytes array corresponding to each key.

Issue Links

• is related to: HADOOP-5604 TestBinaryPartitioner javac warnings.