import java.io.IOException;

 import org.apache.hadoop.io.IntWritable;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.Text;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.MapFile;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.MapFile.Writer;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.MapFile.Reader;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;

 public class MyMapFile {

   static private final String[] DATA =  {
       "this is the first",
       "this is the second",
       "this is the third",
       "this is the forth"
     };  

   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
     Configuration conf = new Configuration();
     FileSystem fs = FileSystem.get(conf);
     String uri = args[0];

     IntWritable key = new IntWritable();
     Text val = new Text();

     MapFile.Writer writer = new MapFile.Writer(conf, new Path(uri), Writer.keyClass(key.getClass()), Writer.valueClass(val.getClass())); 

     for( int i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) {
       key.set( i + 1 );
       val.set(DATA[ i % DATA.length ]);
       writer.append(key, val);
     }
     writer.close();

     MapFile.Reader reader = new MapFile.Reader(new Path(uri), conf);

     while( reader.next(key, val) ){
       System.out.println( key + "\t" + val );
     }
     reader.close();
   }
 }