src/core/org/apache/hadoop/util/NativeCodeLoader.java

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package org.apache.hadoop.util;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;

/**
 * A helper to load the native hadoop code i.e. libhadoop.so.
 * This handles the fallback to either the bundled libhadoop-Linux-i386-32.so
 * or the default java implementations where appropriate.
 *  
 */
public class NativeCodeLoader {

  private static final Log LOG =
    LogFactory.getLog(NativeCodeLoader.class);
  
  private static boolean nativeCodeLoaded = false;
  
  static {
    // Try to load native hadoop library and set fallback flag appropriately
    LOG.debug("Trying to load the custom-built native-hadoop library...");
    try {
      System.loadLibrary("hadoop");
      LOG.info("Loaded the native-hadoop library");
      nativeCodeLoaded = true;
    } catch (Throwable t) {
      // Ignore failure to load
      LOG.debug("Failed to load native-hadoop with error: " + t);
      LOG.debug("java.library.path=" + System.getProperty("java.library.path"));
    }
    
    if (!nativeCodeLoaded) {
      LOG.warn("Unable to load native-hadoop library for your platform... " +
               "using builtin-java classes where applicable");
    }
  }

  /**
   * Check if native-hadoop code is loaded for this platform.
   * 
   * @return <code>true</code> if native-hadoop is loaded, 
   *         else <code>false</code>
   */
  public static boolean isNativeCodeLoaded() {
    return nativeCodeLoaded;
  }

  /**
   * Return if native hadoop libraries, if present, can be used for this job.
   * @param conf configuration
   * 
   * @return <code>true</code> if native hadoop libraries, if present, can be 
   *         used for this job; <code>false</code> otherwise.
   */
  public boolean getLoadNativeLibraries(Configuration conf) {
    return conf.getBoolean("hadoop.native.lib", true);
  }
  
  /**
   * Set if native hadoop libraries, if present, can be used for this job.
   * 
   * @param conf configuration
   * @param loadNativeLibraries can native hadoop libraries be loaded
   */
  public void setLoadNativeLibraries(Configuration conf, 
                                     boolean loadNativeLibraries) {
    conf.setBoolean("hadoop.native.lib", loadNativeLibraries);
  }

}