Once this is JSON serialized the types of update and value will be lost and be
cast to strings. This is because the user can define an accumulator of any type and it will
be difficult to preserve the type in consumers of the event log. This does not apply to
internal accumulators that represent task level metrics.
Linear Supertypes
Serializable, Serializable, Product, Equals, AnyRef, Any
:: DeveloperApi :: Information about an org.apache.spark.Accumulable modified during a task or stage.
Once this is JSON serialized the types of
update
andvalue
will be lost and be cast to strings. This is because the user can define an accumulator of any type and it will be difficult to preserve the type in consumers of the event log. This does not apply to internal accumulators that represent task level metrics.