[SPARK-17525] SparkContext.clearFiles() still present in the PySpark bindings though the underlying Scala method was removed in Spark 2.0

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.1, 2.1.0
• Component/s: PySpark
• Assignee: Sami Jaktholm
• Reporter: Sami Jaktholm
• Created: 13/Sep/16 12:34
• Updated: 14/Sep/16 08:39
• Resolved: 14/Sep/16 08:38

Description

STR: In PySpark shell, run sc.clearFiles()

What happens:

py4j.protocol.Py4JError: An error occurred while calling o74.clearFiles. Trace:
py4j.Py4JException: Method clearFiles([]) does not exist
	at py4j.reflection.ReflectionEngine.getMethod(ReflectionEngine.java:318)
	at py4j.reflection.ReflectionEngine.getMethod(ReflectionEngine.java:326)
	at py4j.Gateway.invoke(Gateway.java:272)
	at py4j.commands.AbstractCommand.invokeMethod(AbstractCommand.java:128)
	at py4j.commands.CallCommand.execute(CallCommand.java:79)
	at py4j.GatewayConnection.run(GatewayConnection.java:211)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

Apparently the old and deprecated SparkContext.clearFiles() was removed from Spark 2.0 but it's still present in the PySpark API. It should be removed from there too.

Issue Links

• links to: [Github] Pull Request #15081 (sjakthol)