Github user ankurdave commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/497#discussion_r12453849 --- Diff: graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/impl/EdgePartition.scala --- @@ -17,39 +17,86 @@ package org.apache.spark.graphx.impl -import scala.reflect.ClassTag +import scala.reflect.{classTag, ClassTag} import org.apache.spark.graphx._ import org.apache.spark.graphx.util.collection.PrimitiveKeyOpenHashMap /** - * A collection of edges stored in 3 large columnar arrays (src, dst, attribute). The arrays are - * clustered by src. + * A collection of edges stored in columnar format, along with any vertex attributes referenced. The + * edges are stored in 3 large columnar arrays (src, dst, attribute). The arrays are clustered by + * src. There is an optional active vertex set for filtering computation on the edges. + * + * @tparam ED the edge attribute type + * @tparam VD the vertex attribute type * * @param srcIds the source vertex id of each edge * @param dstIds the destination vertex id of each edge * @param data the attribute associated with each edge * @param index a clustered index on source vertex id - * @tparam ED the edge attribute type. + * @param vertices a map from referenced vertex ids to their corresponding attributes. Must + * contain all vertex ids from `srcIds` and `dstIds`, though not necessarily valid attributes for + * those vertex ids. The mask is not used. + * @param activeSet an optional active vertex set for filtering computation on the edges */ private[graphx] -class EdgePartition[@specialized(Char, Int, Boolean, Byte, Long, Float, Double) ED: ClassTag]( +class EdgePartition[ + @specialized(Char, Int, Boolean, Byte, Long, Float, Double) ED: ClassTag, VD: ClassTag]( --- End diff -- specialize VD
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