Github user fhueske commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/incubator-flink/pull/194#discussion_r20137140
--- Diff: flink-java/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/api/java/DataSet.java
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@@ -246,6 +247,24 @@ public ExecutionEnvironment getExecutionEnvironment() {
return new Projection<T>(this, fieldIndexes);
}
+ /**
+ * Initiates a Project transformation on a {@link Tuple} {@link
DataSet}.<br/>
+ * <b>Note: Only Tuple DataSets can be projected.</b></br>
+ * The transformation projects each Tuple of the DataSet onto a
(sub)set of fields.</br>
+ * This method returns a {@link ProjectOperator} to complete the
transformation.
+ *
+ * @param fieldIndexes The field indexes of the input tuples that are
retained.
+ * The order of fields in the
output tuple corresponds to the order of field indexes.
+ * @return A ProjectOperator to complete the Project transformation.
+ *
+ * @see Tuple
+ * @see DataSet
+ * @see org.apache.flink.api.java.operators.ProjectOperator
+ */
+ public <OUT extends Tuple> ProjectOperator<?, OUT> projection(int...
fieldIndexes) {
--- End diff --
Having ``project()`` and ``projection()`` methods might confuse users.
Since this is an evolution of the original ```project()`` method, I'd keep that
name and simply remove the ``type()`` method in ``ProjectionOperator`` although
this is an API breaking change.
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