Enum value implementing Writable interface of Hadoop

Question

Suppose I have an enumeration:

public enum SomeEnumType implements Writable {
  A(0), B(1);

  private int value;

  private SomeEnumType(int value) {
    th         


        

Answer 1

WritableUtils has convenience methods that make this easier.

WritableUtils.writeEnum(dataOutput,enumData);
enumData = WritableUtils.readEnum(dataInput,MyEnum.class);