@Override public Iterator<HCatRecord> read() throws HCatException { HCatInputFormat inpFmt = new HCatInputFormat(); RecordReader<WritableComparable, HCatRecord> rr; try { TaskAttemptContext cntxt = ShimLoader.getHadoopShims() .getHCatShim() .createTaskAttemptContext(conf, new TaskAttemptID()); rr = inpFmt.createRecordReader(split, cntxt); rr.initialize(split, cntxt); } catch (IOException e) { throw new HCatException(ErrorType.ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED, e); } catch (InterruptedException e) { throw new HCatException(ErrorType.ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED, e); } return new HCatRecordItr(rr); }