[SPARK-8870] Use SQLContext.getOrCreate in model save/load

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 1.4.0
• Component/s: MLlib
• Labels: starter
• Target Version/s: 1.5.0
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Xiangrui Meng
• Created: 07/Jul/15 15:31
• Updated: 08/Dec/15 00:39
• Resolved: 09/Jul/15 18:46

Description

In many model save/load code, we use `new SQLContext(sc)` to create a SQLContext. This could be replace by `SQLContext.getOrCreate(sc)` to reuse an existing context.

Issue Links

• is related to: SPARK-12160 spark.mllib should use SQLContext.getOrCreate
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #7321 (y-shimizu)