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What is a combiner ?



Combiner is a semi-reducer in Mapreduce framework. it is an optional component and can be specified with Job.setCombinerClass() method.
Combiner functions are suitable for producing summary information from a large data set. Hadoop doesn’t guarantee on how many times a combiner function will be called for each map output key. it may call 0 or 1 or many times.
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