trunk/gora-core/src/main/java/org/apache/gora/util/WritableUtils.java

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package org.apache.gora.util;

import java.io.DataInput;
import java.io.DataOutput;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Map.Entry;
import java.util.Properties;

import org.apache.hadoop.io.MapWritable;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.Text;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable;

/**
 * An utility class for {@link Writable} related functionality.
 */
public class WritableUtils {
  private WritableUtils() {
    // prevents instantiation
  }
  
  
  public static final void writeProperties(DataOutput out, Properties props) throws IOException {
    MapWritable propsWritable = new MapWritable();
    for (Entry<Object, Object> prop : props.entrySet()) {
      Writable key = new Text(prop.getKey().toString());
      Writable value = new Text(prop.getValue().toString());
      propsWritable.put(key,value);
    }
    propsWritable.write(out);
  }
  
  public static final Properties readProperties(DataInput in) throws IOException {
    Properties props = new Properties();
    MapWritable propsWritable = new MapWritable();
    propsWritable.readFields(in);
    for (Entry<Writable, Writable> prop : propsWritable.entrySet()) {
      String key = prop.getKey().toString();
      String value = prop.getValue().toString();
      props.put(key,value);
    }
    return props;
  }

}