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Missing or Invalid name for mapreduce.inputformat.class Parameter Causes java.lang.ClassCastException (Doc ID 1455456.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 03, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Loader for Hadoop - Version 1.1.0 and later
Linux x86-64Symptoms

Running a job with Oracle Loader for Hadoop and receiving the following exception:

java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.hadoop.io.LongWritable cannot be cast to org.apache.avro.generic.IndexedRecord
        at oracle.hadoop.loader.OraLoaderMapper.run(OraLoaderMapper.java:248)
        at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapTask.runNewMapper(MapTask.java:647)
        at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapTask.run(MapTask.java:323)
        at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.LocalJobRunner$Job.run(LocalJobRunner.java:210)

Cause

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