question: private List < InputSplit > parseManifest ( FileSystem fs , Path manifestPath , JobConf job ) throws IOException { List < InputSplit > splits = null ; FSDataInputStream fp = fs . open ( manifestPath ) ; JsonReader reader = new JsonReader ( new InputStreamReader ( fp , Charsets . UTF_8 ) ) ; reader . beginObject ( ) ; while ( reader . hasNext ( ) ) { String name = reader . nextName ( ) ; switch ( name ) { case VERSION_JSON_KEY : job . set ( DynamoDBConstants . EXPORT_FORMAT_VERSION , String . valueOf ( reader . nextInt ( ) ) ) ; break ; case ENTRIES_JSON_KEY : splits = readEntries ( reader , job ) ; break ; default : log . info ( "Skipping a JSON key in the manifest file: " + name ) ; reader . skipValue ( ) ; break ; } } reader . endObject ( ) ; if ( splits == null ) { return Collections . emptyList ( ) ; } return splits ; }
target:  An example manifest file looks like {"name":"DynamoDB-export","version":3, "entries":[ {"url":"s3://path/to/object/92dd1414-a049-4c68-88fb-a23acd44907e","mandatory":true}, {"url":"s3://path/to/object/ba3f3535-7aa1-4f97-a530-e72938bf4b76","mandatory":true} ]}