I would not recommend using the AvroInput/Output format because its meant to be used with Avro types (usually POJOs generated from an Avro schema).
I would use the TypeSerializerInputFormat / OutputFormat. Then you can be sure that its able to read/write all types supported by our system. On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 7:51 PM, Alexander Alexandrov < alexander.s.alexand...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi there, > > I have to implement some generic fallback strategy on top of a more > abstract DSL in order to keep datasets in a temp space (e.g. Tachyon). My > implementation is based on the 0.8 release. At the moment I am undecided > between three options: > > - BinaryInputFormat / BinaryOutputFormat > - AvroInputFormat / AvroOutputformat > - Something better (?) > > What are your suggestions? >