Combine.CombineFn (Google Cloud Dataflow SDK 1.2.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.google.cloud.dataflow.sdk.transforms.Combine.CombineFn<InputT,AccumT,OutputT>

Type Parameters:

InputT - type of input values

AccumT - type of mutable accumulator values

OutputT - type of output values

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ApproximateUnique.ApproximateUniqueCombineFn, Combine.AccumulatingCombineFn, Combine.BinaryCombineDoubleFn, Combine.BinaryCombineFn, Combine.BinaryCombineIntegerFn, Combine.BinaryCombineLongFn, Combine.IterableCombineFn, Sample.FixedSizedSampleFn, View.Concatenate

Enclosing class:

Combine
```
public abstract static class Combine.CombineFn<InputT,AccumT,OutputT>
extends Object
implements Serializable
```
A CombineFn<InputT, AccumT, OutputT> specifies how to combine a collection of input values of type InputT into a single output value of type OutputT. It does this via one or more intermediate mutable accumulator values of type AccumT.
The overall process to combine a collection of input InputT values into a single output OutputT value is as follows:
1. The input InputT values are partitioned into one or more batches.
2. For each batch, the createAccumulator() operation is invoked to create a fresh mutable accumulator value of type AccumT, initialized to represent the combination of zero values.
3. For each input InputT value in a batch, the addInput(AccumT, InputT) operation is invoked to add the value to that batch's accumulator AccumT value. The accumulator may just record the new value (e.g., if AccumT == List<InputT>, or may do work to represent the combination more compactly.
4. The mergeAccumulators(java.lang.Iterable<AccumT>) operation is invoked to combine a collection of accumulator AccumT values into a single combined output accumulator AccumT value, once the merging accumulators have had all all the input values in their batches added to them. This operation is invoked repeatedly, until there is only one accumulator value left.
5. The extractOutput(AccumT) operation is invoked on the final accumulator AccumT value to get the output OutputT value.
For example:
```
 
 public class AverageFn extends CombineFn<Integer, AverageFn.Accum, Double> {
   public static class Accum {
     int sum = 0;
     int count = 0;
   }
   public Accum createAccumulator() {
     return new Accum();
   }
   public void addInput(Accum accum, Integer input) {
       accum.sum += input;
       accum.count++;
   }
   public Accum mergeAccumulators(Iterable<Accum> accums) {
     Accum merged = createAccumulator();
     for (Accum accum : accums) {
       merged.sum += accum.sum;
       merged.count += accum.count;
     }
     return merged;
   }
   public Double extractOutput(Accum accum) {
     return ((double) accum.sum) / accum.count;
   }
 }
 PCollection<Integer> pc = ...;
 PCollection<Double> average = pc.apply(Combine.globally(new AverageFn()));
  
```
Combining functions used by Combine.Globally, Combine.PerKey, Combine.GroupedValues, and PTransforms derived from them should be associative and commutative. Associativity is required because input values are first broken up into subgroups before being combined, and their intermediate results further combined, in an arbitrary tree structure. Commutativity is required because any order of the input values is ignored when breaking up input values into groups.
See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description

CombineFn()

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`CombineFn()`

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`abstract AccumT`	`addInput(AccumT accumulator, InputT input)` Adds the given input value to the given accumulator, returning the new accumulator value.
`OutputT`	`apply(Iterable<? extends InputT> inputs)` Applies this `CombineFn` to a collection of input values to produce a combined output value.
`<K> Combine.KeyedCombineFn<K,InputT,AccumT,OutputT>`	`asKeyedFn()` Converts this `CombineFn` into an equivalent `Combine.KeyedCombineFn` that ignores the keys passed to it and combines the values according to this `CombineFn`.
`abstract AccumT`	`createAccumulator()` Returns a new, mutable accumulator value, representing the accumulation of zero input values.
`abstract OutputT`	`extractOutput(AccumT accumulator)` Returns the output value that is the result of combining all the input values represented by the given accumulator.
`Coder<AccumT>`	`getAccumulatorCoder(CoderRegistry registry, Coder<InputT> inputCoder)` Returns the `Coder` to use for accumulator `AccumT` values, or null if it is not able to be inferred.
`Coder<OutputT>`	`getDefaultOutputCoder(CoderRegistry registry, Coder<InputT> inputCoder)` Returns the `Coder` to use by default for output `OutputT` values, or null if it is not able to be inferred.
`TypeDescriptor<OutputT>`	`getOutputType()` Returns a `TypeDescriptor` capturing what is known statically about the output type of this `CombineFn` instance's most-derived class.
`abstract AccumT`	`mergeAccumulators(Iterable<AccumT> accumulators)` Returns an accumulator representing the accumulation of all the input values accumulated in the merging accumulators.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - CombineFn
```
public CombineFn()
```
- Method Detail
  - createAccumulator
```
public abstract AccumT createAccumulator()
```
    Returns a new, mutable accumulator value, representing the accumulation of zero input values.
  - addInput
```
public abstract AccumT addInput(AccumT accumulator,
                                InputT input)
```
    Adds the given input value to the given accumulator, returning the new accumulator value.
    For efficiency, the input accumulator may be modified and returned.
  - mergeAccumulators
```
public abstract AccumT mergeAccumulators(Iterable<AccumT> accumulators)
```
    Returns an accumulator representing the accumulation of all the input values accumulated in the merging accumulators.
    May modify any of the argument accumulators. May return a fresh accumulator, or may return one of the (modified) argument accumulators.
  - extractOutput
```
public abstract OutputT extractOutput(AccumT accumulator)
```
    Returns the output value that is the result of combining all the input values represented by the given accumulator.
  - apply
```
public OutputT apply(Iterable<? extends InputT> inputs)
```
    Applies this CombineFn to a collection of input values to produce a combined output value.
    Useful when testing the behavior of a CombineFn separately from a Combine transform.
  - getOutputType
```
public TypeDescriptor<OutputT> getOutputType()
```
    Returns a TypeDescriptor capturing what is known statically about the output type of this CombineFn instance's most-derived class.
    In the normal case of a concrete CombineFn subclass with no generic type parameters of its own, this will be a complete non-generic type.
  - getAccumulatorCoder
```
public Coder<AccumT> getAccumulatorCoder(CoderRegistry registry,
                                         Coder<InputT> inputCoder)
                                  throws CannotProvideCoderException
```
    Returns the Coder to use for accumulator AccumT values, or null if it is not able to be inferred.
    By default, uses the knowledge of the Coder being used for InputT values and the enclosing Pipeline's CoderRegistry to try to infer the Coder for AccumT values.
    This is the Coder used to send data through a communication-intensive shuffle step, so a compact and efficient representation may have significant performance benefits.
    
    Throws:
    
    CannotProvideCoderException
  - getDefaultOutputCoder
```
public Coder<OutputT> getDefaultOutputCoder(CoderRegistry registry,
                                            Coder<InputT> inputCoder)
                                     throws CannotProvideCoderException
```
    Returns the Coder to use by default for output OutputT values, or null if it is not able to be inferred.
    By default, uses the knowledge of the Coder being used for input InputT values and the enclosing Pipeline's CoderRegistry to try to infer the Coder for OutputT values.
    
    Throws:
    
    CannotProvideCoderException
  - asKeyedFn
```
public <K> Combine.KeyedCombineFn<K,InputT,AccumT,OutputT> asKeyedFn()
```
    Converts this CombineFn into an equivalent Combine.KeyedCombineFn that ignores the keys passed to it and combines the values according to this CombineFn.
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    K - the type of the (ignored) keys

Class Combine.CombineFn<InputT,AccumT,OutputT>

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Constructor Detail

CombineFn

Method Detail

createAccumulator

addInput

mergeAccumulators

extractOutput

apply

getOutputType

getAccumulatorCoder

getDefaultOutputCoder

asKeyedFn