src/main/java/org/apache/sysds/utils/MLContextProxy.java

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package org.apache.sysds.utils;

import org.apache.sysds.api.mlcontext.MLContext;
import org.apache.sysds.api.mlcontext.MLContextException;
import org.apache.sysds.parser.Expression;

/**
 * The purpose of this proxy is to shield systemds internals from direct access to MLContext
 * which would try to load spark libraries and hence fail if these are not available. This
 * indirection is much more efficient than catching NoClassDefFoundErrors for every access
 * to MLContext (e.g., on each recompile).
 *
 */
public class MLContextProxy
{

	private static boolean _active = false;

	public static void setActive(boolean flag) {
		_active = flag;
	}

	public static boolean isActive() {
		return _active;
	}
	
	public static void setAppropriateVarsForRead(Expression source, String targetname) {
		MLContext.getActiveMLContext().getInternalProxy().setAppropriateVarsForRead(source, targetname);
	}

	public static MLContext getActiveMLContext() {
		return MLContext.getActiveMLContext();
	}

	public static MLContext getActiveMLContextForAPI() {
		if (MLContext.getActiveMLContext() != null) {
			return MLContext.getActiveMLContext();
		}
		throw new MLContextException("No MLContext object is currently active. Have you created one? "
				+ "Hint: in Scala, 'val ml = new MLContext(sc)'", true);
	}
}