Hi, please try to replace DataSet<ShortValue> ds = env.createInput(sif); by DataSet<ShortValue> ds = env.createInput(sif, ValueTypeInfo.SHORT_VALUE_TYPE_INFO);
Best, Fabian 2016-02-08 19:33 GMT+01:00 Saliya Ekanayake <esal...@gmail.com>: > Till, > > I am still having trouble getting this to work. Here's my code ( > https://github.com/esaliya/flinkit) > > String binaryFile = "src/main/resources/sample.bin"; > SerializedInputFormat<ShortValue> sif = new SerializedInputFormat<>(); > sif.setFilePath(binaryFile); > DataSet<ShortValue> ds = env.createInput(sif); > System.out.println(ds.count()); > > > I still get the same error as shown below > > Exception in thread "main" > org.apache.flink.api.common.InvalidProgramException: The type returned by > the input format could not be automatically determined. Please specify the > TypeInformation of the produced type explicitly by using the > 'createInput(InputFormat, TypeInformation)' method instead. > at > org.apache.flink.api.java.ExecutionEnvironment.createInput(ExecutionEnvironment.java:511) > at org.saliya.flinkit.WordCount.main(WordCount.java:24) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497) > at com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain.main(AppMain.java:144) > > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 5:42 AM, Till Rohrmann <trohrm...@apache.org> > wrote: > >> Hi Saliya, >> >> in order to set the file path for the SerializedInputFormat you first >> have to create it and then explicitly call setFilePath. >> >> final SerializedInputFormat<Record> inputFormat = new >> SerializedInputFormat<Record>(); >> inputFormat.setFilePath(PATH_TO_FILE); >> >> env.createInput(inputFormat, myTypeInfo); >> >> Cheers, >> Till >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 7:00 AM, Saliya Ekanayake <esal...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I was trying to read a simple binary file using SerializedInputFormat as >>> suggested in a different thread, but encounters the following error. I >>> tried to do what the exception suggests, but eventhough createInput() >>> returns a DataSet object I couldn't find how to specify which file to read. >>> >>> Any help is appreciated. The file I am trying to read is a simple binary >>> file with containing java short values. Is there any example on reading >>> binary files available? >>> >>> Exception in thread "main" >>> org.apache.flink.api.common.InvalidProgramException: The type returned by >>> the input format could not be automatically determined. Please specify the >>> TypeInformation of the produced type explicitly by using the >>> 'createInput(InputFormat, TypeInformation)' method instead. >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Saliya >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Saliya Ekanayake >>> Ph.D. Candidate | Research Assistant >>> School of Informatics and Computing | Digital Science Center >>> Indiana University, Bloomington >>> Cell 812-391-4914 >>> http://saliya.org >>> >> >> > > > -- > Saliya Ekanayake > Ph.D. Candidate | Research Assistant > School of Informatics and Computing | Digital Science Center > Indiana University, Bloomington > Cell 812-391-4914 > http://saliya.org >