cascading.pipe.cogroup
Class MixedJoin

java.lang.Object
  cascading.pipe.cogroup.MixedJoin

All Implemented Interfaces:

Joiner, Serializable

public class MixedJoin
extends Object
implements Joiner

Class MixedJoin will return an Iterator that will iterate over a given Joiner and return tuples that represent a join as defined by the given boolean array.

So if joining three streams, boolean []{true,false,false} will result in a 'inner', 'outer', 'outer' join.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

protected class

MixedJoin.JoinIterator

Field Summary

static boolean	INNER
static boolean	OUTER

Constructor Summary

MixedJoin(boolean[] asInner)

Method Summary

Iterator<Tuple>	getIterator(GroupClosure closure) Returns an interator that joins the given GroupClosure co-groups.
int	numJoins() Returns the number of joins this instance can handle.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

INNER

public static boolean INNER

OUTER

public static boolean OUTER

Constructor Detail

MixedJoin

public MixedJoin(boolean[] asInner)

Method Detail

getIterator

public Iterator<Tuple> getIterator(GroupClosure closure)

Description copied from interface: Joiner

Returns an interator that joins the given GroupClosure co-groups.

Specified by:

getIterator in interface Joiner

Parameters:

closure - of type GroupClosure

Returns:

an iterator

numJoins

public int numJoins()

Description copied from interface: Joiner

Returns the number of joins this instance can handle. A value of -1 denotes there is no limit.

Specified by:

numJoins in interface Joiner

Returns:

an int