com.hazelcast.jet.pipeline

## Interface Stage

- All Known Subinterfaces:
    BatchStage<T>, GeneralStage<T>, SinkStage, StreamStage<T>

      public interface Stage

  The basic element of a Jet `pipeline`, represents a computation step. It accepts input from its upstream stages (if any) and passes its output to its downstream stages (if any). Jet differentiates between `batch stages` that represent finite data sets (batches) and `stream stages` that represent infinite data streams. Some operations only make sense on a batch stage and vice versa.

  To build a pipeline, start with `pipeline.drawfrom()` to get the initial stage and then use its methods to attach further downstream stages. Terminate the pipeline by calling `stage.drainTo(sink)`, which will attach a `SinkStage`.

- - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `Pipeline` | `getPipeline()` Returns the `Pipeline` this stage belongs to.
    `String` | `name()` Returns the name of this stage.
    `Stage` | `setLocalParallelism(int localParallelism)` Sets the preferred local parallelism (number of processors per Jet cluster member) this stage will configure its DAG vertices with.
    `Stage` | `setName(String name)` Overrides the default name of the stage with the name you choose and returns the stage.

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### getPipeline

          Pipeline getPipeline()

      Returns the `Pipeline` this stage belongs to.

    - #### setLocalParallelism

          @Nonnull
          Stage setLocalParallelism(int localParallelism)

      Sets the preferred local parallelism (number of processors per Jet cluster member) this stage will configure its DAG vertices with. Jet always uses the same number of processors on each member, so the total parallelism automatically increases if another member joins the cluster.

      While most stages are backed by 1 vertex, there are exceptions. If a stage uses two vertices, each of them will have the given local parallelism, so in total there will be twice as many processors per member.

      The default value is -1 and it signals to Jet to figure out a default value. Jet will determine the vertex's local parallelism during job initialization from the global default and the processor meta-supplier's preferred value.

      Returns:
        this stage

    - #### setName

          @Nonnull
          Stage setName(@Nonnull
                                 String name)

      Overrides the default name of the stage with the name you choose and returns the stage. This can be useful for debugging purposes, to better distinguish pipeline stages in the diagnostic output.
      Parameters:
        `name` - the stage name
      Returns:
        this stage

    - #### name

          @Nonnull
          String name()

      Returns the name of this stage. It's used in diagnostic output.

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