aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/python/pyspark/broadcast.py
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'python/pyspark/broadcast.py')
-rw-r--r--python/pyspark/broadcast.py11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/python/pyspark/broadcast.py b/python/pyspark/broadcast.py
index dfdaba274f..43f40f8783 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/broadcast.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/broadcast.py
@@ -45,7 +45,18 @@ def _from_id(bid):
class Broadcast(object):
+ """
+ A broadcast variable created with
+ L{SparkContext.broadcast()<pyspark.context.SparkContext.broadcast>}.
+ Access its value through C{.value}.
+ """
+
def __init__(self, bid, value, java_broadcast=None, pickle_registry=None):
+ """
+ Should not be called directly by users -- use
+ L{SparkContext.broadcast()<pyspark.context.SparkContext.broadcast>}
+ instead.
+ """
self.value = value
self.bid = bid
self._jbroadcast = java_broadcast