python/pyspark/broadcast.py

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import os
import sys
import gc
from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile

if sys.version < '3':
    import cPickle as pickle
else:
    import pickle
    unicode = str

__all__ = ['Broadcast']


# Holds broadcasted data received from Java, keyed by its id.
_broadcastRegistry = {}


def _from_id(bid):
    from pyspark.broadcast import _broadcastRegistry
    if bid not in _broadcastRegistry:
        raise Exception("Broadcast variable '%s' not loaded!" % bid)
    return _broadcastRegistry[bid]


class Broadcast(object):

    """
    A broadcast variable created with L{SparkContext.broadcast()}.
    Access its value through C{.value}.

    Examples:

    >>> from pyspark.context import SparkContext
    >>> sc = SparkContext('local', 'test')
    >>> b = sc.broadcast([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
    >>> b.value
    [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
    >>> sc.parallelize([0, 0]).flatMap(lambda x: b.value).collect()
    [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
    >>> b.unpersist()

    >>> large_broadcast = sc.broadcast(range(10000))
    """

    def __init__(self, sc=None, value=None, pickle_registry=None, path=None):
        """
        Should not be called directly by users -- use L{SparkContext.broadcast()}
        instead.
        """
        if sc is not None:
            f = NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False, dir=sc._temp_dir)
            self._path = self.dump(value, f)
            self._jbroadcast = sc._jvm.PythonRDD.readBroadcastFromFile(sc._jsc, self._path)
            self._pickle_registry = pickle_registry
        else:
            self._jbroadcast = None
            self._path = path

    def dump(self, value, f):
        pickle.dump(value, f, 2)
        f.close()
        return f.name

    def load(self, path):
        with open(path, 'rb', 1 << 20) as f:
            # pickle.load() may create lots of objects, disable GC
            # temporary for better performance
            gc.disable()
            try:
                return pickle.load(f)
            finally:
                gc.enable()

    @property
    def value(self):
        """ Return the broadcasted value
        """
        if not hasattr(self, "_value") and self._path is not None:
            self._value = self.load(self._path)
        return self._value

    def unpersist(self, blocking=False):
        """
        Delete cached copies of this broadcast on the executors.
        """
        if self._jbroadcast is None:
            raise Exception("Broadcast can only be unpersisted in driver")
        self._jbroadcast.unpersist(blocking)
        os.unlink(self._path)

    def __reduce__(self):
        if self._jbroadcast is None:
            raise Exception("Broadcast can only be serialized in driver")
        self._pickle_registry.add(self)
        return _from_id, (self._jbroadcast.id(),)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    import doctest
    (failure_count, test_count) = doctest.testmod()
    if failure_count:
        exit(-1)