FailingMapper.java

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package org.apache.hadoop;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.hadoop.io.Text;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.Mapper;

/**
 * Fails the Mapper. First attempt throws exception. Rest do System.exit.
 *
 */
public class FailingMapper extends Mapper<Text, Text, Text, Text> {
  public void map(Text key, Text value,
      Context context) throws IOException,InterruptedException {

    // Just create a non-daemon thread which hangs forever. MR AM should not be
    // hung by this.
    new Thread() {
      @Override
      public void run() {
        synchronized (this) {
          try {
            wait();
          } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            //
          }
        }
      }
    }.start();

    if (context.getTaskAttemptID().getId() == 0) {
      System.out.println("Attempt:" + context.getTaskAttemptID() + 
        " Failing mapper throwing exception");
      throw new IOException("Attempt:" + context.getTaskAttemptID() + 
          " Failing mapper throwing exception");
    } else {
      System.out.println("Attempt:" + context.getTaskAttemptID() + 
      " Exiting");
      System.exit(-1);
    }
  }
}