@Override
 public void setConf(org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration conf) {
   if (conf == null) return; // you first get a null configuration - ignore that
   String mos = conf.get(AvroJob.MAP_OUTPUT_SCHEMA);
   Schema schema = Schema.parse(mos);
   pair = new Pair<Object, Object>(schema);
   Schema keySchema = Pair.getKeySchema(schema);
   final List<Field> fields = keySchema.getFields();
   final GenericRecord key = new GenericData.Record(keySchema);
   projector = new Projector(key, fields);
 }