Convert a JavaRDD<Tuple2<Object, long[]>> into a Spark Dataset<Row> in Java

Question

In Java (not Scala!) Spark 3.0.1 have a JavaRDD instance object neighborIdsRDD which its type is JavaRDD<Tuple2<Object, long[]>>.

Part of my code related to the generation of the JavaRDD is the following:

GraphOps<String, String> graphOps = new GraphOps<>(graph, stringTag, stringTag);
JavaRDD<Tuple2<Object, long[]>> neighborIdsRDD = graphOps.collectNeighborIds(EdgeDirection.Either()).toJavaRDD();

I have had to get a JavaRDD using toJavaRDD() because collectNeighborIds returns a org.apache.spark.graphx.VertexRDD<long[]> object (VertexRDD doc).

However, in the rest of my application I need to have a Spark Dataset<Row> built from the collectNeighborIds object.

What are the possibilities and the best ways to get a JavaRDD<Tuple2<Object, long[]>> be converted into a Dataset<Row>?

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Update from comments:

I adjusted the code basing from comments:

        GraphOps<String, String> graphOps = new GraphOps<>(graph, stringTag, stringTag);
        JavaRDD<Tuple2<Object, long[]>> neighborIdsRDD = graphOps.collectNeighborIds(EdgeDirection.Either()).toJavaRDD();
        System.out.println("VertexRDD neighborIdsRDD is:");
        for (int i = 0; i < neighborIdsRDD.collect().size(); i++) {
            System.out.println(
                    ((Tuple2<Object, long[]>) neighborIdsRDD.collect().get(i))._1() + " -- " +
                            Arrays.toString(((Tuple2<Object, long[]>) neighborIdsRDD.collect().get(i))._2())
            );
        }

        Dataset<Row> dr = spark_session.createDataFrame(neighborIdsRDD.rdd(), Tuple2.class);
        System.out.println("converted Dataset<Row> is:");
        dr.show();

but I get an empty Dataset as follows:

VertexRDD neighborIdsRDD is:
4 -- [3]
1 -- [2, 3]
5 -- [3, 2]
2 -- [1, 3, 5]
3 -- [1, 2, 5, 4]
converted Dataset<Row> is:
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Answer 1

I was in your same situation, but fortunately I found a solution to get back a Dataframe.

Solution code is commented at steps [1], [2] and [3].

GraphOps<String, String> graphOps = new GraphOps<>(graph, stringTag, stringTag);
System.out.println("VertexRDD neighborIdsRDD is:");
JavaRDD<Tuple2<Object, long[]>> neighborIdsRDD = graphOps.collectNeighborIds(EdgeDirection.Either()).toJavaRDD();
for (int i = 0; i < neighborIdsRDD.collect().size(); i++) {
    System.out.println(
            ((Tuple2<Object, long[]>) neighborIdsRDD.collect().get(i))._1() + " -- " +
                    Arrays.toString(((Tuple2<Object, long[]>) neighborIdsRDD.collect().get(i))._2())
    );
}

// [1] Define encoding schema
StructType graphStruct =  new StructType(new StructField[]{
        new StructField("father", DataTypes.LongType, false, Metadata.empty()),
        new StructField("children", DataTypes.createArrayType(DataTypes.LongType), false, Metadata.empty()),
});

// [2] Build a JavaRDD<Row> from a JavaRDD<Tuple2<Object,long[]>>
JavaRDD<Row> dr = neighborIdsRDD.map(tupla -> RowFactory.create(tupla._1(), tupla._2()));
        
// [3] Finally build the reqired Dataframe<Row>
Dataset<Row> dsr = spark_session.createDataFrame(dr.rdd(), graphStruct);

System.out.println("DATASET IS:");
dsr.show();

Printed output:

VertexRDD neighborIdsRDD is:
4 -- [3]
1 -- [2, 3]
5 -- [3, 2]
2 -- [1, 3, 5]
3 -- [1, 2, 5, 4]
DATASET IS:
+------+------------+
|father|    children|
+------+------------+
|     4|         [3]|
|     1|      [2, 3]|
|     5|      [3, 2]|
|     2|   [1, 3, 5]|
|     3|[1, 2, 5, 4]|
+------+------------+