Hi! Thank you for pointing out the error.
I actually fixed it before reading through to the end of your mail where you offered to fix it yourself. If you find more issues, ping me, I can give you edit permissions. Thanks, Stephan On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 11:49 AM, Stefano Baghino < stefano.bagh...@radicalbit.io> wrote: > Hi all, I'm starting to get familiar with Flink. With the help of a > colleague I've noticed what I think may be an error in the documentation > about broadcast variables ( > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/Variables+Closures+vs.+Broadcast+Variables > ). > > The documentation states that a broadcast variable "takes a Flink DataSet > and makes it available to all function instances". Then it goes on with an > example of an anonymous MapFunction invoking the getRuntimeContext method. > However, if I got it right, you need to extend a RichMapFunction in order > to have access to the runtime context. We've checked the code as well and > it looks like getRuntimeContext is only available to classes extending > AbstractRichFunction. > > I'd like to edit the wiki page myself but unfortunately I don't seem to > have writing privileges. Is there a way for me to contribute to the > documentation? Thank you in advance. > > -- > BR, > Stefano Baghino > > Software Engineer @ Radicalbit >
