hadoop writables NotSerializableException with Apache Spark API

Question

Spark Java application throws NotSerializableException on hadoop writables.

public final class myAPP {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception          


        

Answer 1

As of Spark v1.4.0, you can use this Java API to register classes to be serialized using Kryo: https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/api/java/org/apache/spark/SparkConf.html#registerKryoClasses(java.lang.Class[]) , by passing in an array of Class objects, each of which can be obtained using http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html#forName(java.lang.String)

such as:

new SparkConf().registerKryoClasses(new Class[]{
    Class.forName("org.apache.hadoop.io.LongWritable"),
    Class.forName("org.apache.hadoop.io.Text")
});

Hope this helps.