No sure why you need file object.
in hdfs, Path is something like File Object in local filesystem.
Jeff Zhang
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 3:28 AM, iGama <marcodasi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hy all. I'm using Java.
>
> I Have a function that receives a File ( it manipulates images ). in a
> local file system I would use :
>
> File imageFile = new File(path);
>
> But to run in hadoop, what would be the best way to acheve this?
>
> At this point, what I have figured out , would something in the lines of :
>
> Path imagePath = new Path("/user/guest" + separator + imageDir + separator
> + imageFile);
> FSDataInputStream dis = hdfs.open(imagePath);
>
> but, how to I get the object File ?
>
> Any sugestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marco
>
