Hi Andreas, Thank you for reporting the problem and including the code to reproduce the problem. I think there is a problem with the class serialization or deserialization. Arrays.asList uses a private ArrayList class (java.util.Arrays$ArrayList) which is not the one you would normally use (java.util.ArrayList).
I'll create a JIRA issue to keep track of the problem and to investigate further. Best regards, Max Here's the stack trace: Exception in thread "main" org.apache.flink.runtime.client.JobExecutionException: Cannot initialize task 'DataSource (at main(Test.java:32) (org.apache.flink.api.java.io.CollectionInputFormat))': Deserializing the InputFormat ([mytests.Test$TestClass@4d6025c5]) failed: unread block data at org.apache.flink.runtime.jobmanager.JobManager$$anonfun$org$apache$flink$runtime$jobmanager$JobManager$$submitJob$4.apply(JobManager.scala:523) at org.apache.flink.runtime.jobmanager.JobManager$$anonfun$org$apache$flink$runtime$jobmanager$JobManager$$submitJob$4.apply(JobManager.scala:507) at scala.collection.Iterator$class.foreach(Iterator.scala:727) at scala.collection.AbstractIterator.foreach(Iterator.scala:1157) at scala.collection.IterableLike$class.foreach(IterableLike.scala:72) at scala.collection.AbstractIterable.foreach(Iterable.scala:54) at org.apache.flink.runtime.jobmanager.JobManager.org $apache$flink$runtime$jobmanager$JobManager$$submitJob(JobManager.scala:507) at org.apache.flink.runtime.jobmanager.JobManager$$anonfun$receiveWithLogMessages$1.applyOrElse(JobManager.scala:190) at scala.runtime.AbstractPartialFunction$mcVL$sp.apply$mcVL$sp(AbstractPartialFunction.scala:33) at scala.runtime.AbstractPartialFunction$mcVL$sp.apply(AbstractPartialFunction.scala:33) at scala.runtime.AbstractPartialFunction$mcVL$sp.apply(AbstractPartialFunction.scala:25) at org.apache.flink.runtime.ActorLogMessages$$anon$1.apply(ActorLogMessages.scala:43) at org.apache.flink.runtime.ActorLogMessages$$anon$1.apply(ActorLogMessages.scala:29) at scala.PartialFunction$class.applyOrElse(PartialFunction.scala:118) at org.apache.flink.runtime.ActorLogMessages$$anon$1.applyOrElse(ActorLogMessages.scala:29) at akka.actor.Actor$class.aroundReceive(Actor.scala:465) at org.apache.flink.runtime.jobmanager.JobManager.aroundReceive(JobManager.scala:92) at akka.actor.ActorCell.receiveMessage(ActorCell.scala:516) at akka.actor.ActorCell.invoke(ActorCell.scala:487) at akka.dispatch.Mailbox.processMailbox(Mailbox.scala:254) at akka.dispatch.Mailbox.run(Mailbox.scala:221) at akka.dispatch.Mailbox.exec(Mailbox.scala:231) at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinTask.doExec(ForkJoinTask.java:260) at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinPool$WorkQueue.runTask(ForkJoinPool.java:1339) at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinPool.runWorker(ForkJoinPool.java:1979) at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinWorkerThread.run(ForkJoinWorkerThread.java:107) Caused by: java.lang.Exception: Deserializing the InputFormat ([mytests.Test$TestClass@4d6025c5]) failed: unread block data at org.apache.flink.runtime.jobgraph.InputFormatVertex.initializeOnMaster(InputFormatVertex.java:60) at org.apache.flink.runtime.jobmanager.JobManager$$anonfun$org$apache$flink$runtime$jobmanager$JobManager$$submitJob$4.apply(JobManager.scala:520) ... 25 more Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: unread block data at java.io.ObjectInputStream$BlockDataInputStream.setBlockDataMode(ObjectInputStream.java:2424) at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1383) at java.io.ObjectInputStream.defaultReadFields(ObjectInputStream.java:1993) at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readSerialData(ObjectInputStream.java:1918) at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readOrdinaryObject(ObjectInputStream.java:1801) at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(ObjectInputStream.java:1351) at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(ObjectInputStream.java:371) at org.apache.flink.util.InstantiationUtil.deserializeObject(InstantiationUtil.java:302) at org.apache.flink.util.InstantiationUtil.readObjectFromConfig(InstantiationUtil.java:264) at org.apache.flink.runtime.operators.util.TaskConfig.getStubWrapper(TaskConfig.java:282) at org.apache.flink.runtime.jobgraph.InputFormatVertex.initializeOnMaster(InputFormatVertex.java:57) ... 26 more On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 11:17 AM, Andres R. Masegosa <and...@cs.aau.dk> wrote: > Hi, > > I get a bug when trying to broadcast a list of integers created with the > primitive "Arrays.asList(...)". > > For example, if you try to run this "wordcount" example, you can > reproduce the bug. > > > public class WordCountExample { > public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { > final ExecutionEnvironment env = > ExecutionEnvironment.getExecutionEnvironment(); > > DataSet<String> text = env.fromElements( > "Who's there?", > "I think I hear them. Stand, ho! Who's there?"); > > List<Integer> elements = Arrays.asList(0, 0, 0); > > DataSet<TestClass> set = env.fromElements(new TestClass(elements)); > > DataSet<Tuple2<String, Integer>> wordCounts = text > .flatMap(new LineSplitter()) > .withBroadcastSet(set, "set") > .groupBy(0) > .sum(1); > > wordCounts.print(); > } > > public static class LineSplitter implements FlatMapFunction<String, > Tuple2<String, Integer>> { > @Override > public void flatMap(String line, Collector<Tuple2<String, > Integer>> out) { > for (String word : line.split(" ")) { > out.collect(new Tuple2<String, Integer>(word, 1)); > } > } > } > > public static class TestClass implements Serializable { > private static final long serialVersionUID = -2932037991574118651L; > > List<Integer> integerList; > public TestClass(List<Integer> integerList){ > this.integerList=integerList; > } > > > } > } > > > However, if instead of using the primitive "Arrays.asList(...)", we use > instead the ArrayList<> constructor, there is any problem!!!! > > > Regards, > Andres >