Spark streaming one log file with java doesn't generate any output

Question

I want to stream a log file by java and spark. My code is simple:

  String base = "c:/test";

    SparkConf conf = new SparkConf().setAppName("First_App").setMaster("local[2]");
    JavaStreamingContext ssc= new JavaStreamingContext(conf, Seconds.apply(1));

    JavaDStream<String> line = ssc.textFileStream(base);
    line.map(new Function<String, Integer>()
    {
        @Override
        public Integer call(String v1) throws Exception
        {
            System.out.println(v1);
            int l =  v1.length();
            return l;
        }
    });

    line.print();

    ssc.start();
    ssc.awaitTermination();

In c:/test is a log file that generates with log back. Its content is :

INFO:Data=Do Save Entity
INFO:Data=Do Delete Entity

but when I run my app, following result print in the console:

18/02/18 19:55:30 INFO JobScheduler: Added jobs for time 1518971130000 ms
18/02/18 19:55:30 INFO JobScheduler: Starting job streaming job 1518971130000 ms.0 from job set of time 1518971130000 ms
18/02/18 19:55:30 INFO JobScheduler: Finished job streaming job 1518971130000 ms.0 from job set of time 1518971130000 ms
18/02/18 19:55:30 INFO JobScheduler: Total delay: 0.291 s for time 1518971130000 ms (execution: 0.002 s)
-------------------------------------------
Time: 1518971130000 ms
-------------------------------------------

18/02/18 19:55:30 INFO FileInputDStream: Cleared 0 old files that were older than 1518971070000 ms: 
18/02/18 19:55:30 INFO ReceivedBlockTracker: Deleting batches: 
18/02/18 19:55:30 INFO InputInfoTracker: remove old batch metadata: 
18/02/18 19:55:31 INFO FileInputDStream: Finding new files took 16 ms
18/02/18 19:55:31 INFO FileInputDStream: New files at time 1518971131000 ms:

-------------------------------------------
Time: 1518971131000 ms
-------------------------------------------

and this output continues. My aim is simple: stream a log file and then print its content in the console, of course, this is temporary because finally, I want to save the file in the database.

Answer 1

The reason why you don't see any output is that JavaStreamingContext.textFileStream monitors a directory for newly created files ( docs ) and does not react on changed files. Some ideas how to deal with the situation you describe are mentioned here .

A second (unrelated) issue in your code is that the call to line.map returns a new JavaDStream on which you should call print to see the result of the transformation. Calling print directly on line will show you the contents of the stream without transformation.