Hi,
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Ashic Mahtab <as...@live.com> wrote:
>
> val doSomething(entry:SomeEntry, session:Session) : SomeOutput = {
> val result = session.SomeOp(entry)
> SomeOutput(entry.Key, result.SomeProp)
> }
>
> I could use a transformation for rdd.map, but in case of failures, the map
> would run on another executor for the same rdd. I could do rdd.foreach, but
> that returns unit. Is there something like a foreach that can return values?
>
I think `map()` is pretty much "`foreach()` that can return values". If you
want to prevent re-execution on errors, wrap the whole thing in a
scala.util.Try{} block or something.
rdd.map(item => {
Try{ ... }
}).flatMap(_ match {
case Success(something) => Some(something)
case Failure(e) => None
})
or so.
Tobias
