you could always base64 encode your binary data...
--- On Thu, 11/26/09, Upendra Dadi <ud...@gmu.edu> wrote:
> From: Upendra Dadi <ud...@gmu.edu>
> Subject: mapreduce with non-text data
> To: common-dev@hadoop.apache.org
> Date: Thursday, November 26, 2009, 5:07 PM
> Hi,
> Are there any use cases, examples of use of Hadoop
> MapReduce for non-text data? Only examples that I see on the
> web are for text data. Any pointers in that direction is
> greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Regards,
> Upendra
>
