[MAPREDUCE-2474] Add docs to the new API Partitioner on how to access Job Configuration data

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.21.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.23.0
• Component/s: documentation
• Labels: documentation partitioners
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Release Note: Improve the Partitioner interface's docs to help fetch Job Configuration objects.
• Tags: docs
• Assignee: Harsh J
• Reporter: Harsh J
• Created: 05/May/11 09:14
• Updated: 15/Nov/11 00:48
• Resolved: 05/May/11 15:40

Description

The new Partitioner interface does not extend Configurable classes as the old one and thus need to carry a tip on how to implement a custom partitioner that needs to feed off the Job Configuration data to work.

Attaching a patch that adds in the javadoc fix.