According to the documentation it looks like the only way to share macros is through a file.  What about importing a macros file from a resource stored in a jar?  Has this been considered?  I was thinking of sharing some macros with the datafu library and it seems this would be a convenient way of doing it.

Thanks,
Matt

It's definitely a reasonable thing to do, but it hasn't been added yet.  Ideally registering a jar of macros would make them available, just as registering a jar of UDFs does.

Alan.

On Jun 7, 2012, at 6:13 PM, Matthew Hayes wrote:

> According to the documentation it looks like the only way to share macros is through a file.  What about importing a macros file from a resource stored in a jar?  Has this been considered?  I was thinking of sharing some macros with the datafu library and it seems this would be a convenient way of doing it.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt

I filed a JIRA and attached a patch:

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIG-2850

-Matt
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From: Alan Gates [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 8:56 AM
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Subject: Re: distributing macros in a jar?

It's definitely a reasonable thing to do, but it hasn't been added yet.  Ideally registering a jar of macros would make them available, just as registering a jar of UDFs does.

Alan.

On Jun 7, 2012, at 6:13 PM, Matthew Hayes wrote:

> According to the documentation it looks like the only way to share macros is through a file.  What about importing a macros file from a resource stored in a jar?  Has this been considered?  I was thinking of sharing some macros with the datafu library and it seems this would be a convenient way of doing it.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt