apache-flink Getting started with apache-flink WordCount - Table API

Example

This example is the same as WordCount, but uses the Table API. See WordCount for details about execution and results.

Maven

To use the Table API, add flink-table as a maven dependency:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
    <artifactId>flink-table_2.11</artifactId>
    <version>1.1.4</version>
</dependency>

The code

public class WordCountTable{

    public static void main( String[] args ) throws Exception{

        // set up the execution environment
        final ExecutionEnvironment env = ExecutionEnvironment.getExecutionEnvironment();
        final BatchTableEnvironment tableEnv = TableEnvironment.getTableEnvironment( env );

        // get input data
        DataSource<String> source = env.fromElements(
                "To be, or not to be,--that is the question:--",
                "Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer",
                "The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune",
                "Or to take arms against a sea of troubles"
        );

        // split the sentences into words
        FlatMapOperator<String, String> dataset = source
                .flatMap( ( String value, Collector<String> out ) -> {
                    for( String token : value.toLowerCase().split( "\\W+" ) ){
                        if( token.length() > 0 ){
                            out.collect( token );
                        }
                    }
                } )
                // with lambdas, we need to tell flink what type to expect
                .returns( String.class );

        // create a table named "words" from the dataset
        tableEnv.registerDataSet( "words", dataset, "word" );

        // word count using an sql query
        Table results = tableEnv.sql( "select word, count(*) from words group by word" );
        tableEnv.toDataSet( results, Row.class ).print();
    }
}

Note: For a version using Java < 8, replace the lambda by an anonymous class:

FlatMapOperator<String, String> dataset = source.flatMap( new FlatMapFunction<String, String>(){
        @Override
        public void flatMap( String value, Collector<String> out ) throws Exception{
            for( String token : value.toLowerCase().split( "\\W+" ) ){
                if( token.length() > 0 ){
                    out.collect( token );
                }
            }
        }
    } );