As of CHUKWA-5, this is no longer true. The agent keeps a unique name for each adaptor. (By default, the MD5 of its arguments). So I think getStreamName() can go away.
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Cheng Zhang<[email protected]> wrote: > Currently ChukwaAgent uses this method to avoid tailing the same file > more than once. > > Thanks, > Cheng > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ariel Rabkin [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 9:35 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: what does Adaptor.getStreamName() do? >> >> We have this method adaptor.getStreamName(). But hardly anybody calls >> it. As near as I can tell, it's only used for debugging. >> >> I would like to rename it to something like debuggingName(), or else >> remove it entirely. >> Also, AbstractAdaptor.toString() should invoke this method. >> >> --Ari >> >> -- >> Ari Rabkin [email protected] >> UC Berkeley Computer Science Department > -- Ari Rabkin [email protected] UC Berkeley Computer Science Department
