## org.apache.hadoop.mapred.lib
Class MultipleOutputFormat<K,V>

    java.lang.Object
      org.apache.hadoop.mapred.FileOutputFormat<K,V>
          org.apache.hadoop.mapred.lib.MultipleOutputFormat<K,V>

All Implemented Interfaces:
  OutputFormat<K,V>

Direct Known Subclasses:
  MultipleSequenceFileOutputFormat, MultipleTextOutputFormat

    public abstract class MultipleOutputFormat<K,V>

extends FileOutputFormat<K,V>

This abstract class extends the FileOutputFormat, allowing to write the output data to different output files. There are three basic use cases for this class. Case one: This class is used for a map reduce job with at least one reducer. The reducer wants to write data to different files depending on the actual keys. It is assumed that a key (or value) encodes the actual key (value) and the desired location for the actual key (value). Case two: This class is used for a map only job. The job wants to use an output file name that is either a part of the input file name of the input data, or some derivation of it. Case three: This class is used for a map only job. The job wants to use an output file name that depends on both the keys and the input file name,

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.apache.hadoop.mapred.FileOutputFormat
`FileOutputFormat.Counter`

Constructor Summary
`MultipleOutputFormat()`

Method Summary
`protected K` `generateActualKey(K key, V value)` Generate the actual key from the given key/value.
`protected V` `generateActualValue(K key, V value)` Generate the actual value from the given key and value.
`protected String` `generateFileNameForKeyValue(K key, V value, String name)` Generate the file output file name based on the given key and the leaf file name.
`protected String` `generateLeafFileName(String name)` Generate the leaf name for the output file name.
`protected abstract RecordWriter<K,V>` `getBaseRecordWriter(FileSystem fs, JobConf job, String name, Progressable arg3)`
`protected String` `getInputFileBasedOutputFileName(JobConf job, String name)` Generate the outfile name based on a given anme and the input file name.
`RecordWriter<K,V>` `getRecordWriter(FileSystem fs, JobConf job, String name, Progressable arg3)` Create a composite record writer that can write key/value data to different output files

Methods inherited from class org.apache.hadoop.mapred.FileOutputFormat
`checkOutputSpecs, getCompressOutput, getOutputCompressorClass, getOutputPath, getPathForCustomFile, getTaskOutputPath, getUniqueName, getWorkOutputPath, setCompressOutput, setOutputCompressorClass, setOutputPath`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### MultipleOutputFormat

    public MultipleOutputFormat()

Method Detail

### getRecordWriter

    public RecordWriter<K,V> getRecordWriter(FileSystem fs,
                                             JobConf job,
                                             String name,
                                             Progressable arg3)
                                      throws IOException

  Create a composite record writer that can write key/value data to different output files

  Specified by:
    `getRecordWriter` in interface `OutputFormat<K,V>`
  Specified by:
    `getRecordWriter` in class `FileOutputFormat<K,V>`
  Parameters:
    `fs` - the file system to use
    `job` - the job conf for the job
    `name` - the leaf file name for the output file (such as part-00000")
    `arg3` - a progressable for reporting progress.
  Returns:
    a composite record writer
  Throws:
    `IOException`

### generateLeafFileName

    protected String generateLeafFileName(String name)

  Generate the leaf name for the output file name. The default behavior does not change the leaf file name (such as part-00000)

  Parameters:
    `name` - the leaf file name for the output file
  Returns:
    the given leaf file name

### generateFileNameForKeyValue

    protected String generateFileNameForKeyValue(K key,
                                                 V value,
                                                 String name)

  Generate the file output file name based on the given key and the leaf file name. The default behavior is that the file name does not depend on the key.

  Parameters:
    `key` - the key of the output data
    `name` - the leaf file name
  Returns:
    generated file name

### generateActualKey

    protected K generateActualKey(K key,
                                  V value)

  Generate the actual key from the given key/value. The default behavior is that the actual key is equal to the given key

  Parameters:
    `key` - the key of the output data
    `value` - the value of the output data
  Returns:
    the actual key derived from the given key/value

### generateActualValue

    protected V generateActualValue(K key,
                                    V value)

  Generate the actual value from the given key and value. The default behavior is that the actual value is equal to the given value

  Parameters:
    `key` - the key of the output data
    `value` - the value of the output data
  Returns:
    the actual value derived from the given key/value

### getInputFileBasedOutputFileName

    protected String getInputFileBasedOutputFileName(JobConf job,
                                                     String name)

  Generate the outfile name based on a given anme and the input file name. If the map input file does not exists (i.e. this is not for a map only job), the given name is returned unchanged. If the config value for "num.of.trailing.legs.to.use" is not set, or set 0 or negative, the given name is returned unchanged. Otherwise, return a file name consisting of the N trailing legs of the input file name where N is the config value for "num.of.trailing.legs.to.use".

  Parameters:
    `job` - the job config
    `name` - the output file name
  Returns:
    the outfile name based on a given anme and the input file name.

### getBaseRecordWriter

    protected abstract RecordWriter<K,V> getBaseRecordWriter(FileSystem fs,
                                                             JobConf job,
                                                             String name,
                                                             Progressable arg3)
                                                      throws IOException

  Parameters:
    `fs` - the file system to use
    `job` - a job conf object
    `name` - the name of the file over which a record writer object will be constructed
    `arg3` - a progressable object
  Returns:
    A RecordWriter object over the given file
  Throws:
    `IOException`

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