mapreduce passed parameter value ordering

["Cummins, Robert [USA]" <cu...@bah.com>]

Is the following acceptable or is an enhancement/bug fix needed?

 

For mapper class:

 

       class Mapper1 extends TableMapper<ImmutableBytesWritable,
IntWritable> 

 

With reducer class:

 

       class Reducer1 extends TableReducer<ImmutableBytesWritable,
IntWritable, ImmutableBytesWritable> 

 

 

Iterable<IntWritable> values are usually received by the reducer in the
order the values are written to the context by the mapper. However in my
testing about 5% of cases, the same order is not maintained, and the ability
of the reducer to categorize a value by order lost. 

 

 

Suggestion: It would be a helpful and simple feature to have chronological
order guaranteed as a facility for identification by the reducer.