@Override
    public void initialize(InputSplit split, TaskAttemptContext context) throws IOException {
      Preconditions.checkArgument(split instanceof KuduInputSplit);
      initialize((KuduInputSplit) split, context.getConfiguration());
    }
A RecordReader that reads the Kudu rows from a KuduInputSplit.
kudu-handler/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/kudu/KuduInputFormat.java