The RDD API is pretty complex and we are not yet sure we want to export all those methods in the SparkR API. We are working towards exposing a more limited API in upcoming versions. You can find some more details in the recent Spark Summit talk at https://spark-summit.org/2015/events/sparkr-the-past-the-present-and-the-future/
Thanks Shivaram On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Pradeep Bashyal <prad...@bashyal.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I noticed that some of the spark-core APIs are not available with version > 1.4.0 release of SparkR. For example textFile(), flatMap() etc. The code > seems to be there but is not exported in NAMESPACE. They were all available > as part of the AmpLab Extras previously. I wasn't able to find any > explanations of why they were not included with the release. > > Can anyone shed some light on it? > > Thanks > Pradeep >