[SPARK-12245] Change the simple tracking function signature to include key in the params

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.6.0
• Target Version/s: 1.6.0
• Epic Link: Improved State Management
• Assignee: Tathagata Das
• Reporter: Tathagata Das
• Created: 09/Dec/15 21:29
• Updated: 10/Dec/15 05:06
• Resolved: 10/Dec/15 05:06

Description

From initial experiences, not having the key in the function makes it hard to return mapped stuff, as the whole information of the records is not there. Basically the user is restricted to doing something like mapValue() instead of map().

Issue Links

• links to: [Github] Pull Request #10224 (tdas)