I wonder how often we even implement this optimization today. If the
processElement has an OutputReceiver parameter then we mark it as
observesWindow, and that's a pretty common parameter.

Arguably this is a bug in our implementation of OutputReceiver though - it
should be able to copy all the windows into the output element.

Reuven

On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 9:37 AM Kenneth Knowles <[email protected]> wrote:

> Is the optimization complex in the Fn API context? In non-Fn API it is
> basically "if (observesWindow) { explode } else { don't }" [1]. The DoFn
> signature tells you everything you need. This might be a good first commit
> for someone looking to contribute to the Java SDK harness?
>
> Kenn
>
> [1]
> https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/591de3473144de54beef0932131025e2a4d8504b/runners/core-java/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/runners/core/SimpleDoFnRunner.java#L133
>
> On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 9:33 AM Robert Bradshaw <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> In Python we only explode windows if the Window is being inspected.
>> (There is no separate "DoFnRunner" for FnApi vs. Legacy execution.)
>>
>> On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 9:21 AM Luke Cwik <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > Reuven you are correct that the optimization has yet to be implemented.
>> > Robert the FnApiDoFnRunner is the name of a Java class that executes
>> Java DoFns in the Java SDK harness. The poor name choice is my fault.
>> >
>> > On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 9:14 PM Reuven Lax <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> FnApiDoFnRunner does run Java DoFns.
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 9:10 PM Robert Burke <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> In the Go SDK this optimization is handled on the SDK side, inthe
>> pardo execution node not one the runner side of the FnAPI
>> >>>
>> >>> But i think I'm about to learn that FnApiDoFnRunner is something that
>> runs on the Java SDK side rather than on the runner side, despite the name.
>> >>>
>> >>> On Fri, May 1, 2020, 9:02 PM Reuven Lax <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Ah - so we don't implement the optimization of not expanding the
>> windows if not necessary?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 8:56 PM Luke Cwik <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> In all the processElementYYY methods the currentWindow is assigned
>> as can be seen here as we loop over the set of windows:
>> >>>>>
>> https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/9bb2990c0f6c08dd33d9c6fa1fd91842c644a8e3/sdks/java/harness/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/fn/harness/FnApiDoFnRunner.java#L738
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 8:51 PM Reuven Lax <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> In Beam a WindowedValue can can contain multiple windows, because
>> an element can be in multiple windows at once (for example, sliding
>> windows). Usually we keep these elements unexpanded, but if the user's doFn
>> observes the window  then we have to "explode" the element out, and we run
>> the process function once per window. e.g. if the process function looks
>> like this
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> @ProcessElement
>> >>>>>> public void process(@Element T e, IntervalWindow w)
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> In SimpleDoFnRunner we do this inside processElement. However I
>> can't find the equivalent code in FnApiDoFnRunner. How does window
>> explosion work in the portable runner?
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Reuven
>>
>

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