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Interface PCollection<S>

All Known Subinterfaces:

PGroupedTable<K,V>, PTable<K,V>

public interface PCollection<S>

A representation of an immutable, distributed collection of elements that is the fundamental target of computations in Crunch.

Method Summary

PObject<Collection<S>>	asCollection()
ReadableData<S>	asReadable(boolean materialize)
<K> PTable<K,S>	by(MapFn<S,K> extractKeyFn, PType<K> keyType) Apply the given map function to each element of this instance in order to create a PTable.
<K> PTable<K,S>	by(String name, MapFn<S,K> extractKeyFn, PType<K> keyType) Apply the given map function to each element of this instance in order to create a PTable.
PTable<S,Long>	count() Returns a PTable instance that contains the counts of each unique element of this PCollection.
PCollection<S>	filter(FilterFn<S> filterFn) Apply the given filter function to this instance and return the resulting PCollection.
PCollection<S>	filter(String name, FilterFn<S> filterFn) Apply the given filter function to this instance and return the resulting PCollection.
String	getName() Returns a shorthand name for this PCollection.
Pipeline	getPipeline() Returns the Pipeline associated with this PCollection.
PType<S>	getPType() Returns the PType of this PCollection.
long	getSize() Returns the size of the data represented by this PCollection in bytes.
PTypeFamily	getTypeFamily() Returns the PTypeFamily of this PCollection.
PObject<Long>	length() Returns the number of elements represented by this PCollection.
Iterable<S>	materialize() Returns a reference to the data set represented by this PCollection that may be used by the client to read the data locally.
PObject<S>	max() Returns a PObject of the maximum element of this instance.
PObject<S>	min() Returns a PObject of the minimum element of this instance.
<K,V> PTable<K,V>	parallelDo(DoFn<S,Pair<K,V>> doFn, PTableType<K,V> type) Similar to the other parallelDo instance, but returns a PTable instance instead of a PCollection.
<T> PCollection<T>	parallelDo(DoFn<S,T> doFn, PType<T> type) Applies the given doFn to the elements of this PCollection and returns a new PCollection that is the output of this processing.
<K,V> PTable<K,V>	parallelDo(String name, DoFn<S,Pair<K,V>> doFn, PTableType<K,V> type) Similar to the other parallelDo instance, but returns a PTable instance instead of a PCollection.
<K,V> PTable<K,V>	parallelDo(String name, DoFn<S,Pair<K,V>> doFn, PTableType<K,V> type, ParallelDoOptions options) Similar to the other parallelDo instance, but returns a PTable instance instead of a PCollection.
<T> PCollection<T>	parallelDo(String name, DoFn<S,T> doFn, PType<T> type) Applies the given doFn to the elements of this PCollection and returns a new PCollection that is the output of this processing.
<T> PCollection<T>	parallelDo(String name, DoFn<S,T> doFn, PType<T> type, ParallelDoOptions options) Applies the given doFn to the elements of this PCollection and returns a new PCollection that is the output of this processing.
PCollection<S>	union(PCollection<S>... collections) Returns a PCollection instance that acts as the union of this PCollection and the input PCollections.
PCollection<S>	union(PCollection<S> other) Returns a PCollection instance that acts as the union of this PCollection and the given PCollection.
PCollection<S>	write(Target target) Write the contents of this PCollection to the given Target, using the storage format specified by the target.
PCollection<S>	write(Target target, Target.WriteMode writeMode) Write the contents of this PCollection to the given Target, using the given Target.WriteMode to handle existing targets.

Method Detail

getPipeline

Pipeline getPipeline()

Returns the Pipeline associated with this PCollection.

union

PCollection<S> union(PCollection<S> other)

Returns a PCollection instance that acts as the union of this PCollection and the given PCollection.

union

PCollection<S> union(PCollection<S>... collections)

Returns a PCollection instance that acts as the union of this PCollection and the input PCollections.

parallelDo

<T> PCollection<T> parallelDo(DoFn<S,T> doFn,
                              PType<T> type)

Applies the given doFn to the elements of this PCollection and returns a new PCollection that is the output of this processing.

Parameters:

doFn - The DoFn to apply

type - The PType of the resulting PCollection

Returns:

a new PCollection

parallelDo

<T> PCollection<T> parallelDo(String name,
                              DoFn<S,T> doFn,
                              PType<T> type)

Applies the given doFn to the elements of this PCollection and returns a new PCollection that is the output of this processing.

Parameters:

name - An identifier for this processing step, useful for debugging

doFn - The DoFn to apply

type - The PType of the resulting PCollection

Returns:

a new PCollection

parallelDo

<T> PCollection<T> parallelDo(String name,
                              DoFn<S,T> doFn,
                              PType<T> type,
                              ParallelDoOptions options)

Applies the given doFn to the elements of this PCollection and returns a new PCollection that is the output of this processing.

Parameters:

name - An identifier for this processing step, useful for debugging

doFn - The DoFn to apply

type - The PType of the resulting PCollection

options - Optional information that is needed for certain pipeline operations

Returns:

a new PCollection

parallelDo

<K,V> PTable<K,V> parallelDo(DoFn<S,Pair<K,V>> doFn,
                             PTableType<K,V> type)

Similar to the other parallelDo instance, but returns a PTable instance instead of a PCollection.

Parameters:

doFn - The DoFn to apply

type - The PTableType of the resulting PTable

Returns:

a new PTable

parallelDo

<K,V> PTable<K,V> parallelDo(String name,
                             DoFn<S,Pair<K,V>> doFn,
                             PTableType<K,V> type)

Similar to the other parallelDo instance, but returns a PTable instance instead of a PCollection.

Parameters:

name - An identifier for this processing step

doFn - The DoFn to apply

type - The PTableType of the resulting PTable

Returns:

a new PTable

parallelDo

<K,V> PTable<K,V> parallelDo(String name,
                             DoFn<S,Pair<K,V>> doFn,
                             PTableType<K,V> type,
                             ParallelDoOptions options)

Similar to the other parallelDo instance, but returns a PTable instance instead of a PCollection.

Parameters:

name - An identifier for this processing step

doFn - The DoFn to apply

type - The PTableType of the resulting PTable

options - Optional information that is needed for certain pipeline operations

Returns:

a new PTable

write

PCollection<S> write(Target target)

Write the contents of this PCollection to the given Target, using the storage format specified by the target.

Parameters:

target - The target to write to

write

PCollection<S> write(Target target,
                     Target.WriteMode writeMode)

Write the contents of this PCollection to the given Target, using the given Target.WriteMode to handle existing targets.

Parameters:

target - The target

writeMode - The rule for handling existing outputs at the target location

materialize

Iterable<S> materialize()

Returns a reference to the data set represented by this PCollection that may be used by the client to read the data locally.

asCollection

PObject<Collection<S>> asCollection()

Returns:

A PObject encapsulating an in-memory Collection containing the values of this PCollection.

asReadable

ReadableData<S> asReadable(boolean materialize)

Parameters:

materialize - If true, materialize this data before returning a reference to it

Returns:

A reference to the data in this instance that can be read from a job running on a cluster.

getPType

PType<S> getPType()

Returns the PType of this PCollection.

getTypeFamily

PTypeFamily getTypeFamily()

Returns the PTypeFamily of this PCollection.

getSize

long getSize()

Returns the size of the data represented by this PCollection in bytes.

length

PObject<Long> length()

Returns the number of elements represented by this PCollection.

Returns:

An PObject containing the number of elements in this PCollection.

getName

String getName()

Returns a shorthand name for this PCollection.

filter

PCollection<S> filter(FilterFn<S> filterFn)

Apply the given filter function to this instance and return the resulting PCollection.

filter

PCollection<S> filter(String name,
                      FilterFn<S> filterFn)

Apply the given filter function to this instance and return the resulting PCollection.

Parameters:

name - An identifier for this processing step

filterFn - The FilterFn to apply

by

<K> PTable<K,S> by(MapFn<S,K> extractKeyFn,
                   PType<K> keyType)

Apply the given map function to each element of this instance in order to create a PTable.

by

<K> PTable<K,S> by(String name,
                   MapFn<S,K> extractKeyFn,
                   PType<K> keyType)

Apply the given map function to each element of this instance in order to create a PTable.

Parameters:

name - An identifier for this processing step

extractKeyFn - The MapFn to apply

count

PTable<S,Long> count()

Returns a PTable instance that contains the counts of each unique element of this PCollection.

max

PObject<S> max()

Returns a PObject of the maximum element of this instance.

min

PObject<S> min()

Returns a PObject of the minimum element of this instance.