try {
// Create a file system handle
JobConf job = new JobConf(conf, ExecDriver.class);
mSerde = new LazySimpleSerDe();
Properties mSerdeProp = new Properties();
mSerdeProp.put(Constants.SERIALIZATION_FORMAT, "" + Utilities.tabCode);
mSerdeProp.put(Constants.SERIALIZATION_NULL_FORMAT, ((fetchWork)work).getSerializationNullFormat());
mSerde.initialize(job, mSerdeProp);
mSerde.setUseJSONSerialize(true);