Minimal reproduction: - Fist option
```scala case class C(x: Int) val xs = benv.fromCollection(1 to 10) val cs = xs.map{C(_)} cs.count ``` defined class C xs: org.apache.flink.api.scala.DataSet[Int] = org.apache.flink.api.scala.DataSet@39c713c6 cs: org.apache.flink.api.scala.DataSet[C] = org.apache.flink.api.scala.DataSet@205a35a java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: requirement failed: The class C is an instance class, meaning it is not a member of a toplevel object, or of an object contained in a toplevel object, therefore it requires an outer instance to be instantiated, but we don't have a reference to the outer instance. Please consider changing the outer class to an object. at scala.Predef$.require(Predef.scala:224) at org.apache.flink.api.scala.typeutils.ScalaCaseClassSerializer$.lookupConstructor(ScalaCaseClassSerializer.scala:90) at org.apache.flink.api.scala.typeutils.ScalaCaseClassSerializer.<init>(ScalaCaseClassSerializer.scala:46) ... 125 elided - Second option ```scala object Types { case class C(x: Int) } val cs2 = xs.map{Types.C(_)} cs2.count ``` defined object Types org.apache.flink.api.common.InvalidProgramException: Task not serializable at org.apache.flink.api.scala.ClosureCleaner$.ensureSerializable(ClosureCleaner.scala:408) at org.apache.flink.api.scala.ClosureCleaner$.org$apache$flink$api$scala$ClosureCleaner$$clean(ClosureCleaner.scala:400) at org.apache.flink.api.scala.ClosureCleaner$.clean(ClosureCleaner.scala:168) at org.apache.flink.api.scala.DataSet.clean(DataSet.scala:125) at org.apache.flink.api.scala.DataSet$$anon$1.<init>(DataSet.scala:489) at org.apache.flink.api.scala.DataSet.map(DataSet.scala:488) ... 106 elided Caused by: java.io.NotSerializableException: org.apache.flink.api.scala.DataSet at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject0(ObjectOutputStream.java:1184) at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.defaultWriteFields(ObjectOutputStream.java:1548) at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeSerialData(ObjectOutputStream.java:1509) at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeOrdinaryObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:1432) at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeObject0(ObjectOutputStream.java:1178) at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.defaultWriteFields(ObjectOutputStream.java:1548) at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeSerialData(ObjectOutputStream.java:1509) at java.io.ObjectOutputStream.writeOrdinaryObject(ObjectOutputStream.java:1432) Greetings, Juan On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 10:05 AM Juan Rodríguez Hortalá < juan.rodriguez.hort...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using the Flink interpreter and the benv environment. I'm reading some > csv files using benv.readCsvFile and it works ok. I have also defined a > case class C for the csv records. The problem happens when I apply a > map operation on the DataSet of tuples returned by benv.readCsvFile, to > convert it into a DataSet[C]. > > - If I define the case class C in some cell I get this error: > > java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: requirement failed: The class C is an > instance class, meaning it is not a member of a toplevel object, or of an > object contained in a toplevel object, therefore it requires an outer > instance to be instantiated, but we don't have a reference to the outer > instance. Please consider changing the outer class to an object. > > > - That sounds related to this > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36042720/case-class-serialazation-in-flink, > it looks like the zeppelin flink interpreter is wrapping the case class > definition as an inner class. I tried defining the case class C inside an > object Types that I define in another cell. With that I also get a > serialization exception. > > org.apache.flink.api.common.InvalidProgramException: Task not serializable > org.apache.flink.api.scala.ClosureCleaner$.ensureSerializable(ClosureCleaner.scala:408) > org.apache.flink.api.scala.ClosureCleaner$.org$apache$flink$api$scala$ClosureCleaner$$clean(ClosureCleaner.scala:400) > org.apache.flink.api.scala.ClosureCleaner$.clean(ClosureCleaner.scala:168) > org.apache.flink.api.scala.DataSet.clean(DataSet.scala:125) > org.apache.flink.api.scala.DataSet$$anon$1.<init>(DataSet.scala:489) > org.apache.flink.api.scala.DataSet.map(DataSet.scala:488) > $line163.$read$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$$$82b5b23cea489b2712a1db46c77e458$$$$w$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw.liftedTree1$1(<console>:135) > $line163.$read$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$$$82b5b23cea489b2712a1db46c77e458$$$$w$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw$$iw.<init>(<console>:133) > > I guess that didn't work because the object Types is still defined inside > some class implicitly defined by the interpreter. > > Any thoughs about how can I fix this? Also, I understand $line163 etc > refer to the code in the cells, is there some convention I can use to > understand to which line in the notebook those error messages are referring > to? > > Thanks in advance, > > Juan >