src/main/scala/DataSource.scala

package org.template.recommendation

import io.prediction.controller.PDataSource
import io.prediction.controller.EmptyEvaluationInfo
import io.prediction.controller.EmptyActualResult
import io.prediction.controller.Params
import io.prediction.data.storage.Event
import io.prediction.data.store.PEventStore

import org.apache.spark.SparkContext
import org.apache.spark.SparkContext._
import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD

import grizzled.slf4j.Logger

case class DataSourceParams(appName: String) extends Params

class DataSource(val dsp: DataSourceParams)
  extends PDataSource[TrainingData,
      EmptyEvaluationInfo, Query, EmptyActualResult] {

  @transient lazy val logger = Logger[this.type]

  override
  def readTraining(sc: SparkContext): TrainingData = {

    val eventsRDD: RDD[Event] = PEventStore.find(
      appName = dsp.appName,
      entityType = Some("user"),
      eventNames = Some(List("rate", "buy")), // read "rate" and "buy" event
      // targetEntityType is optional field of an event.
      targetEntityType = Some(Some("item")))(sc)

    val ratingsRDD: RDD[Rating] = eventsRDD.map { event =>
      val rating = try {
        val ratingValue: Double = event.event match {
          case "rate" => event.properties.get[Double]("rating")
          case "buy" => 4.0 // map buy event to rating value of 4
          case _ => throw new Exception(s"Unexpected event ${event} is read.")
        }
        // entityId and targetEntityId is String
        Rating(event.entityId,
          event.targetEntityId.get,
          ratingValue)
      } catch {
        case e: Exception => {
          logger.error(s"Cannot convert ${event} to Rating. Exception: ${e}.")
          throw e
        }
      }
      rating
    }.cache()

    new TrainingData(ratingsRDD)
  }
}

case class Rating(
  user: String,
  item: String,
  rating: Double
)

class TrainingData(
  val ratings: RDD[Rating]
) extends Serializable {
  override def toString = {
    s"ratings: [${ratings.count()}] (${ratings.take(2).toList}...)"
  }
}