For those curious I used the JavaSparkContext and got access to an AvroSequenceFile (wrapper around Sequence File) using the following:
file = sc.newAPIHadoopFile("<hdfs path to my file>", AvroSequenceFileInputFormat.class, AvroKey.class, AvroValue.class, new Configuration()) -- View this message in context: http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com/NullPointerException-when-reading-Avro-Sequence-files-tp10201p10305.html Sent from the Apache Spark User List mailing list archive at Nabble.com.