Github user fhueske commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/1281#discussion_r42724980 --- Diff: flink-libraries/flink-gelly/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/graph/spargel/MessagingFunction.java --- @@ -129,24 +133,43 @@ public void postSuperstep() throws Exception {} } /** - * Sends the given message to all vertices that are targets of an outgoing edge of the changed vertex. + * Sends the given message to all vertices that are targets of an edge of the changed vertex. * This method is mutually exclusive to the method {@link #getEdges()} and may be called only once. + * <p> + * If the {@link EdgeDirection} is OUT (default), the message will be sent to out-neighbors. + * If the {@link EdgeDirection} is IN, the message will be sent to in-neighbors. + * If the {@link EdgeDirection} is ALL, the message will be sent to all neighbors. * * @param m The message to send. */ public void sendMessageToAllNeighbors(Message m) { if (edgesUsed) { - throw new IllegalStateException("Can use either 'getEdges()' or 'sendMessageToAllTargets()' exactly once."); + throw new IllegalStateException("Can use either 'getEdges()' or 'sendMessageToAllNeighbors()'" + + "exactly once."); } edgesUsed = true; - outValue.f1 = m; while (edges.hasNext()) { Tuple next = (Tuple) edges.next(); - K k = next.getField(1); - outValue.f0 = k; + + if (getDirection().equals(EdgeDirection.OUT)) { + outValue.f0 = next.getField(1); --- End diff -- Is it intentional that this will send the message also to the vertex itself for each incoming edge?
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