Github user cfregly commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/6147#discussion_r30775176 --- Diff: extras/kinesis-asl/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/kinesis/KinesisUtils.scala --- @@ -16,29 +16,75 @@ */ package org.apache.spark.streaming.kinesis -import org.apache.spark.annotation.Experimental +import com.amazonaws.regions.RegionUtils +import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.lib.worker.InitialPositionInStream + import org.apache.spark.storage.StorageLevel -import org.apache.spark.streaming.Duration -import org.apache.spark.streaming.StreamingContext -import org.apache.spark.streaming.api.java.JavaReceiverInputDStream -import org.apache.spark.streaming.api.java.JavaStreamingContext +import org.apache.spark.streaming.api.java.{JavaReceiverInputDStream, JavaStreamingContext} import org.apache.spark.streaming.dstream.ReceiverInputDStream - -import com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.clientlibrary.lib.worker.InitialPositionInStream +import org.apache.spark.streaming.{Duration, StreamingContext} -/** - * Helper class to create Amazon Kinesis Input Stream - * :: Experimental :: - */ -@Experimental object KinesisUtils { /** - * Create an InputDStream that pulls messages from a Kinesis stream. - * :: Experimental :: - * @param ssc StreamingContext object + * Create an input stream that pulls messages from a Kinesis stream. + * This uses the Kinesis Client Library (KCL) to pull messages from Kinesis. + * + * Note: The AWS credentials will be discovered using the DefaultAWSCredentialsProviderChain + * on the workers. See AWS documentation to understand how DefaultAWSCredentialsProviderChain + * gets the AWS credentials. + * + * @param ssc StreamingContext object + * @param kinesisAppName Kinesis application name used by the Kinesis Client Library + * (KCL) to update DynamoDB + * @param streamName Kinesis stream name + * @param endpointUrl Url of Kinesis service (e.g., https://kinesis.us-east-1.amazonaws.com) + * @param regionName Name of region used by the Kinesis Client Library (KCL) to update + * DynamoDB (lease coordination and checkpointing) and CloudWatch (metrics) + * @param initialPositionInStream In the absence of Kinesis checkpoint info, this is the + * worker's initial starting position in the stream. + * The values are either the beginning of the stream + * per Kinesis' limit of 24 hours + * (InitialPositionInStream.TRIM_HORIZON) or + * the tip of the stream (InitialPositionInStream.LATEST). + * @param checkpointInterval Checkpoint interval for Kinesis checkpointing. --- End diff -- not sure why i keep thinking this checkpointInterval should go above initialPositionInStream. not a big deal, but i remember it being different for some reason.
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