package hip.ch7.friendsofafriend; import org.apache.hadoop.io.WritableComparable; import org.apache.hadoop.io.WritableComparator; public class PersonNameComparator extends WritableComparator { protected PersonNameComparator() { super(Person.class, true); } @Override public int compare(WritableComparable o1, WritableComparable o2) { Person p1 = (Person) o1; Person p2 = (Person) o2; return p1.getName().compareTo(p2.getName()); } }