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Eli Reisman commented on GIRAPH-141:
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No need to change anything. A multigraph has multiple edges to the same place.
If the "same edge" goes to more than one place, its not the same edge any more.
So all you need for each Edge<I,E> is an ArrayWritable of differnt edge values
as the <E> param and the same old <I> vertex Id's. This corresponds to a
roadmap multigraph where many roads from one vertex to another vertex (many
roads from Boston to NYC -> single <I> value for NYC) might differ in miles or
scenic qualities only (several <E> values for different roads, but only one <I>
value -- they all end up the same place, from boston to NYC, just different
roads.)
I think if edges have different <E> values and different <I> values (point to
differnt places) then its not really a multigraph any more (they are not the
same edges any more, each has again become unique)
> multigraph support in giraph
> ----------------------------
>
> Key: GIRAPH-141
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GIRAPH-141
> Project: Giraph
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: graph
> Reporter: André Kelpe
> Assignee: Alessandro Presta
>
> The current vertex API only supports simple graphs, meaning that there can
> only ever be one edge between two vertices. Many graphs like the road network
> are in fact multigraphs, where many edges can connect two vertices at the
> same time.
> Support for this could be added by introducing an Iterator<EdgeWritable>
> getEdgeValue() or a similar construct. Maybe introducing a slim object like a
> Connector between the edge and the vertex is also a good idea, so that you
> could do something like:
> {code}
> for (final Connector<EdgeWritable, VertexWritable> conn: getEdgeValues(){
> final EdgeWritable edge = conn.getEdge();
> final VertexWritable otherVertex = conn.getOther();
> doInterestingStuff(otherVertex);
> doMoreInterestingStuff(edge);
> }
> {code}
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