PInput (Google Cloud Dataflow SDK 1.9.1 API)

Google Cloud Dataflow SDK for Java, version 1.9.1

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Interface PInput

• All Known Subinterfaces:

  PCollectionView<T>, PValue

  All Known Implementing Classes:

  KeyedPCollectionTuple, PBegin, PCollection, PCollectionList, PCollectionTuple, PValueBase, TypedPValue

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  public interface PInput

  The interface for things that might be input to a PTransform.

• • Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods 

    Modifier and Type	Method and Description
    Collection<? extends PValue>	expand() Expands this PInput into a list of its component output PValues.
    void	finishSpecifying() After building, finalizes this PInput to make it ready for being used as an input to a PTransform.
    Pipeline	getPipeline() Returns the owning Pipeline of this PInput.

• • Method Detail

    • getPipeline

      Pipeline getPipeline()

      Returns the owning Pipeline of this PInput.

    • expand

      Collection<? extends PValue> expand()

      Expands this PInput into a list of its component output PValues.

      • A PValue expands to itself.
      • A tuple or list of PValues (such as PCollectionTuple or PCollectionList) expands to its component PValue PValues.

      Not intended to be invoked directly by user code.

    • finishSpecifying

      void finishSpecifying()

      After building, finalizes this PInput to make it ready for being used as an input to a PTransform.

      Automatically invoked whenever apply() is invoked on this PInput, so users do not normally call this explicitly.