EdgeJoinFunction.java

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package org.apache.flink.graph;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.apache.flink.api.common.functions.Function;
import org.apache.flink.api.java.DataSet;

/**
 * Interface to be implemented by the transformation function
 * applied in {@link Graph#joinWithEdges(DataSet, EdgeJoinFunction)},
 * {@link Graph#joinWithEdgesOnSource(DataSet, EdgeJoinFunction)}, and
 * {@link Graph#joinWithEdgesOnTarget(DataSet, EdgeJoinFunction)} methods.
 *
 * @param <EV> the edge value type
 * @param <T> the input value type
 */
public interface EdgeJoinFunction<EV, T> extends Function, Serializable {

	/**
	 * Applies a transformation on the current edge value
	 * and the value of the matched tuple of the input DataSet.
	 * 
	 * @param edgeValue the current edge value
	 * @param inputValue the value of the matched Tuple2 input
	 * @return the new edge value
	 */
	EV edgeJoin(EV edgeValue, T inputValue) throws Exception;
}