Ways to write & read HDFS files

- Output Stream

FSDataOutputStream dos = fs.create(new Path("/user/tmp"), true); 
dos.writeInt(counter); 
dos.close();

- Buffered Writer/Reader

//Writer
BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(fs.create(new Path("/user/tmp"), true)));
bw.write(counter.toString());
bw.close();

//Reader
DataInputStream d = new DataInputStream(fs.open(new Path(inFile)));
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(d));
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null){
...
}
reader.close();
  

- SequenceFile Reader and Writer (I think most preferable way for Hadoop jobs):

//writer
SequenceFile.Writer writer = SequenceFile.createWriter(fs, conf, new Path(pathForCounters, context.getTaskAttemptID().toString()), Text.class, Text.class);
   writer.append(new Text(firtUrl.toString()+"__"+ context.getTaskAttemptID().getTaskID().toString()), new Text(counter+""));
   writer.close(); 

//reader
SequenceFile.Reader reader = new SequenceFile.Reader(fs, new Path(makeUUrlFileOffsetsPathName(FileInputFormat.getInputPaths(context)[0].toString())),  conf);
   while (reader.next(key, val)){
    offsets.put(key.toString(), Integer.parseInt(val.toString()));
   }