Implement file_name_mappers in R sparkly API
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- Java
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Description
Functions such as ptl_read_ndjson should support file_name_mapper to allow flexible mapping of filenames to resource types.
sparkly java interface however does not provide any standard mechanism for R callback functions (i.e. calling back R code from JVM) in the same manner they are supported by Py4J.
It might be possible to adapt the code used in spark_apply() although this may require digging deep into sparklyr implementation and may make it very coupled with this implementation.
A better approach may be to implement an explicit mapper in Java, that explicitly maps all the files names to it's resources and then construct it in R using an R lambda. That would also require an interface from R to list all the files a directory described by spark supported filesystem URL.
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Research direction
Start by tracing the ptl_read_ndjson entry point and comparing the callback approach used by spark_apply() with the surrounding sparklyr implementation. Review the R-to-Java interface and Spark-supported filesystem handling; the work is done when file_name_mapper can map filenames to resource types through a defined R/Java path.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java, r, spark
- Domain
- api, data-engineering
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100