Hi, Stephan, thank you for the quick reply and for fixing the issue. If I spot more issues I'll gladly contribute to the wiki.
On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 12:00 PM, Stephan Ewen <se...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi! > > Thank you for pointing out the error. > > I actually fixed it before reading through to the end of your mail where > you offered to fix it yourself. > > If you find more issues, ping me, I can give you edit permissions. > > Thanks, > Stephan > > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 11:49 AM, Stefano Baghino < > stefano.bagh...@radicalbit.io> wrote: > >> Hi all, I'm starting to get familiar with Flink. With the help of a >> colleague I've noticed what I think may be an error in the documentation >> about broadcast variables ( >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/Variables+Closures+vs.+Broadcast+Variables >> ). >> >> The documentation states that a broadcast variable "takes a Flink DataSet >> and makes it available to all function instances". Then it goes on with an >> example of an anonymous MapFunction invoking the getRuntimeContext method. >> However, if I got it right, you need to extend a RichMapFunction in order >> to have access to the runtime context. We've checked the code as well and >> it looks like getRuntimeContext is only available to classes extending >> AbstractRichFunction. >> >> I'd like to edit the wiki page myself but unfortunately I don't seem to >> have writing privileges. Is there a way for me to contribute to the >> documentation? Thank you in advance. >> >> -- >> BR, >> Stefano Baghino >> >> Software Engineer @ Radicalbit >> > > -- BR, Stefano Baghino Software Engineer @ Radicalbit
