[PIG-2949] JsonLoader only reads arrays of objects

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.10.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.15.0

Environment

os x mountain lion

• Patch Info: Patch Available
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Eyal Allweil
• Reporter: David LaBarbera
• Created: 05/Oct/12 19:11
• Updated: 02/Feb/17 22:48
• Resolved: 06/Jan/15 01:52

Description

I'm trying to load a vendor file that's json ecoded into pig. One of the fields is an array of strings. The builtin JsonLoader only reads arrays composed of json objects

{"object_array}

:[

{"element":"value1"}

,

{"element":"value2"}

]} works
but

{"string_array"}

:["value1","value2"] does not