lukecwik commented on a change in pull request #11122: [BEAM-9346] Improve the efficiency of TFRecordIO URL: https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/11122#discussion_r406875232
########## File path: sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/WriteFiles.java ########## @@ -410,13 +412,44 @@ private GatherResults(Coder<ResultT> resultCoder) { } else { // Pass results via a side input rather than reshuffle, because we need to get an empty // iterable to finalize if there are no results. - return input - .getPipeline() - .apply(Reify.viewInGlobalWindow(input.apply(View.asList()), ListCoder.of(resultCoder))); + return input.apply("ToList", Combine.globally(new ToListCombineFn<>())); Review comment: You could always apply the trigger if it is guaranteed to produce output by checking what the trigger definition is. I don't think you need a flag. I'm not sure how much of a holistic picture of the whole WriteFiles transform was done to see if there is a better way to structure the transforms. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org With regards, Apache Git Services