youngoli commented on a change in pull request #15447:
URL: https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/15447#discussion_r704927998



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 4. After the job has been submitted to the Beam runner, shutdown the expansion 
service by terminating the expansion service process.
 
+#### 13.2.3. Using cross-language transforms in a Go pipeline
+
+If a Go-specific wrapper for a cross-language is available, use that; 
otherwise, you have to use the
+lower-level 
[CrossLanguage](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/apache/beam/sdks/go/pkg/beam#CrossLanguage)
+function to access the transform.
+
+**Expansion Services**
+
+The Go SDK does not yet support automatically starting an expansion service. 
In order to use
+cross-language transforms, you must manually start any necessary expansion 
services on your local
+machine and ensure they are accessible to your code during pipeline 
construction.
+
+**Using an SDK wrapper**
+
+To use a cross-language transform through an SDK wrapper, include the module 
for the SDK wrapper
+and call it from your pipeline as shown in the example:
+
+{{< highlight >}}
+import (
+    "github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam/io/xlang/kafkaio"
+)
+
+// Kafka Read using previously defined values.
+kafkaRecords := kafkaio.Read(
+    s,
+    expansionAddr, // Address of expansion service.
+    bootstrapAddr,
+    []string{topicName},
+    kafkaio.MaxNumRecords(numRecords),
+    kafkaio.ConsumerConfigs(map[string]string{"auto.offset.reset": 
"earliest"}))
+{{< /highlight >}}
+
+**Using the CrossLanguage function**
+
+When an SDK-specific wrapper isn't available, you will have to access the 
cross-language transform through the `CrossLanguage` function.
+
+1. Make sure you have the appropriate expansion service running. See the 
expansion service section for details.
+2. Make sure the transform you're trying to use is available and can be used 
by the expansion service.
+   For Java, make sure the builder and registrar for the transform are 
available in the classpath of

Review comment:
       Done, added a note to see "Creating cross-language transforms" section 
for details.




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