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[18/19] apex-malhar git commit: APEXMALHAR-2233 Updated the examples to follow the structure of apex-malhar examples. Specified dependencies in pom.xmls of individual examples correctly.

APEXMALHAR-2233 Updated the examples to follow the structure of apex-malhar examples. Specified dependencies in pom.xmls of individual examples correctly.


Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/apex-malhar/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/apex-malhar/commit/9c154f20
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/apex-malhar/tree/9c154f20
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/apex-malhar/diff/9c154f20

Branch: refs/heads/master
Commit: 9c154f204042a9e1974c2466e8783505b2c6da03
Parents: 8e20097
Author: Lakshmi Prasanna Velineni <la...@datatorrent.com>
Authored: Sun Mar 19 22:40:04 2017 -0700
Committer: Lakshmi Prasanna Velineni <la...@datatorrent.com>
Committed: Sun Mar 26 11:43:48 2017 -0700

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 examples/csvformatter/pom.xml                   | 299 +++----------------
 .../java/com/demo/myapexapp/Application.java    |  45 ---
 .../com/demo/myapexapp/HDFSOutputOperator.java  |  87 ------
 .../java/com/demo/myapexapp/JsonGenerator.java  |  78 -----
 .../main/java/com/demo/myapexapp/PojoEvent.java | 141 ---------
 .../apex/examples/csvformatter/Application.java |  37 +++
 .../csvformatter/HDFSOutputOperator.java        |  87 ++++++
 .../examples/csvformatter/JsonGenerator.java    |  76 +++++
 .../apex/examples/csvformatter/PojoEvent.java   | 141 +++++++++
 .../src/main/resources/META-INF/properties.xml  |   2 +-
 .../com/demo/myapexapp/ApplicationTest.java     |  67 -----
 .../examples/csvformatter/ApplicationTest.java  |  65 ++++
 examples/dedup/pom.xml                          | 277 +----------------
 .../java/com/example/dedup/Application.java     | 123 --------
 .../apache/apex/examples/dedup/Application.java | 122 ++++++++
 .../java/com/example/dedup/ApplicationTest.java |  38 ---
 .../apex/examples/dedup/ApplicationTest.java    |  37 +++
 examples/dynamic-partition/pom.xml              | 270 +----------------
 .../src/main/java/com/example/dynamic/App.java  |  23 --
 .../src/main/java/com/example/dynamic/Gen.java  | 169 -----------
 .../org/apache/apex/examples/dynamic/App.java   |  23 ++
 .../org/apache/apex/examples/dynamic/Gen.java   | 171 +++++++++++
 .../com/example/dynamic/ApplicationTest.java    |  34 ---
 .../apex/examples/dynamic/ApplicationTest.java  |  33 ++
 examples/enricher/pom.xml                       | 298 ++----------------
 .../com/example/myapexapp/DataGenerator.java    |  94 ------
 .../myapexapp/EnricherAppWithJSONFile.java      |  47 ---
 .../example/myapexapp/LineOutputOperator.java   |  34 ---
 .../main/java/com/example/myapexapp/POJO.java   |  49 ---
 .../com/example/myapexapp/POJOEnriched.java     |  71 -----
 .../apex/examples/enricher/DataGenerator.java   |  94 ++++++
 .../enricher/EnricherAppWithJSONFile.java       |  47 +++
 .../examples/enricher/LineOutputOperator.java   |  34 +++
 .../org/apache/apex/examples/enricher/POJO.java |  49 +++
 .../apex/examples/enricher/POJOEnriched.java    |  71 +++++
 .../src/main/resources/META-INF/properties.xml  |   6 +-
 .../com/example/myapexapp/ApplicationTest.java  |  31 --
 .../apex/examples/enricher/ApplicationTest.java |  31 ++
 examples/filter/pom.xml                         | 276 +----------------
 .../tutorial/filter/Application.java            |  49 ---
 .../tutorial/filter/TransactionPOJO.java        |  64 ----
 .../apex/examples/filter/Application.java       |  49 +++
 .../apex/examples/filter/TransactionPOJO.java   |  62 ++++
 .../src/main/resources/META-INF/properties.xml  |   8 +-
 .../tutorial/filter/ApplicationTest.java        | 111 -------
 .../apex/examples/filter/ApplicationTest.java   |  96 ++++++
 examples/innerjoin/pom.xml                      | 269 ++---------------
 .../com/example/join/InnerJoinApplication.java  |  39 ---
 .../java/com/example/join/POJOGenerator.java    | 260 ----------------
 .../innerjoin/InnerJoinApplication.java         |  38 +++
 .../apex/examples/innerjoin/POJOGenerator.java  | 260 ++++++++++++++++
 .../example/join/InnerJoinApplicationTest.java  |  21 --
 .../innerjoin/InnerJoinApplicationTest.java     |  21 ++
 examples/parser/pom.xml                         | 268 ++---------------
 .../tutorial/jsonparser/Application.java        |  35 ---
 .../tutorial/jsonparser/Campaign.java           |  74 -----
 .../tutorial/jsonparser/JsonGenerator.java      |  83 -----
 .../examples/parser/jsonparser/Application.java |  35 +++
 .../examples/parser/jsonparser/Campaign.java    |  74 +++++
 .../parser/jsonparser/JsonGenerator.java        |  83 +++++
 .../src/main/resources/META-INF/properties.xml  |   4 +-
 .../tutorial/jsonparser/ApplicationTest.java    |  36 ---
 .../parser/jsonparser/ApplicationTest.java      |  35 +++
 examples/partition/pom.xml                      | 276 +----------------
 .../java/com/example/myapexapp/Application.java |  27 --
 .../main/java/com/example/myapexapp/Codec3.java |  13 -
 .../myapexapp/RandomNumberGenerator.java        |  83 -----
 .../com/example/myapexapp/TestPartition.java    | 164 ----------
 .../apex/examples/partition/Application.java    |  25 ++
 .../apache/apex/examples/partition/Codec3.java  |  13 +
 .../partition/RandomNumberGenerator.java        |  76 +++++
 .../apex/examples/partition/TestPartition.java  | 149 +++++++++
 .../src/main/resources/my-log4j.properties      |   2 +-
 .../com/example/myapexapp/ApplicationTest.java  |  37 ---
 .../examples/partition/ApplicationTest.java     |  36 +++
 examples/pom.xml                                |  10 +
 examples/recordReader/pom.xml                   | 284 +-----------------
 .../com/example/recordReader/Application.java   |  32 --
 .../recordReader/TransactionsSchema.java        | 168 -----------
 .../apex/examples/recordReader/Application.java |  32 ++
 .../recordReader/TransactionsSchema.java        | 168 +++++++++++
 .../src/main/resources/META-INF/properties.xml  |   4 +-
 .../example/recordReader/ApplicationTest.java   |  91 ------
 .../examples/recordReader/ApplicationTest.java  |  91 ++++++
 examples/throttle/pom.xml                       | 256 +---------------
 .../examples/throttle/Application.java          |  51 ----
 .../examples/throttle/PassThroughOperator.java  |  20 --
 .../throttle/RandomNumberGenerator.java         |  64 ----
 .../examples/throttle/SlowDevNullOperator.java  |  35 ---
 .../throttle/ThrottlingStatsListener.java       | 150 ----------
 .../apex/examples/throttle/Application.java     |  51 ++++
 .../examples/throttle/PassThroughOperator.java  |  20 ++
 .../throttle/RandomNumberGenerator.java         |  64 ++++
 .../examples/throttle/SlowDevNullOperator.java  |  35 +++
 .../throttle/ThrottlingStatsListener.java       | 150 ++++++++++
 .../examples/throttle/ApplicationTest.java      |  37 ---
 .../apex/examples/throttle/ApplicationTest.java |  36 +++
 examples/transform/pom.xml                      | 250 +---------------
 .../java/com/example/transform/Application.java |  39 ---
 .../com/example/transform/CustomerEvent.java    |  74 -----
 .../com/example/transform/CustomerInfo.java     |  60 ----
 .../transform/DynamicTransformApplication.java  |  52 ----
 .../com/example/transform/POJOGenerator.java    | 125 --------
 .../apex/examples/transform/Application.java    |  39 +++
 .../apex/examples/transform/CustomerEvent.java  |  74 +++++
 .../apex/examples/transform/CustomerInfo.java   |  60 ++++
 .../transform/DynamicTransformApplication.java  |  51 ++++
 .../apex/examples/transform/POJOGenerator.java  | 125 ++++++++
 .../com/example/transform/ApplicationTest.java  |  21 --
 .../examples/transform/ApplicationTest.java     |  21 ++
 110 files changed, 3404 insertions(+), 6088 deletions(-)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/apex-malhar/blob/9c154f20/examples/csvformatter/pom.xml
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diff --git a/examples/csvformatter/pom.xml b/examples/csvformatter/pom.xml
index 9033db5..be3be7a 100644
--- a/examples/csvformatter/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/csvformatter/pom.xml
@@ -1,266 +1,61 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+    "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+    with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+    software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+    "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+    KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+    specific language governing permissions and limitations
+    under the License.
+
+-->
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
-    <groupId>com.example</groupId>
-    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <artifactId>formatter</artifactId>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
+        <artifactId>malhar-examples</artifactId>
+        <version>3.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>malhar-examples-csvformatter</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <!-- change these to the appropriate values -->
     <name>Formatter Apps</name>
     <description>Applications to showcase different formatters</description>
 
-    <properties>
-        <!-- change this if you desire to use a different version of Apex Core -->
-        <apex.version>3.5.0</apex.version>
-        <apex.apppackage.classpath>lib/*.jar</apex.apppackage.classpath>
-        <malhar.version>3.6.0</malhar.version>
-    </properties>
-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.9</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-                    <source>1.7</source>
-                    <target>1.7</target>
-                    <debug>true</debug>
-                    <optimize>false</optimize>
-                    <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
-                    <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>copy-dependencies</id>
-                        <phase>prepare-package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <outputDirectory>target/deps</outputDirectory>
-                            <includeScope>runtime</includeScope>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>app-package-assembly</id>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>single</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-apexapp</finalName>
-                            <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-                            <descriptors>
-                                <descriptor>src/assemble/appPackage.xml</descriptor>
-                            </descriptors>
-                            <archiverConfig>
-                                <defaultDirectoryMode>0755</defaultDirectoryMode>
-                            </archiverConfig>
-                            <archive>
-                                <manifestEntries>
-                                    <Class-Path>${apex.apppackage.classpath}</Class-Path>
-                                    <DT-Engine-Version>${apex.version}</DT-Engine-Version>
-                                    <DT-App-Package-Group-Id>${project.groupId}</DT-App-Package-Group-Id>
-                                    <DT-App-Package-Name>${project.artifactId}</DT-App-Package-Name>
-                                    <DT-App-Package-Version>${project.version}</DT-App-Package-Version>
-                                    <DT-App-Package-Display-Name>${project.name}</DT-App-Package-Display-Name>
-                                    <DT-App-Package-Description>${project.description}</DT-App-Package-Description>
-                                </manifestEntries>
-                            </archive>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.7</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <target>
-                                <move file="${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-apexapp.jar"
-                                      tofile="${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}.apa" />
-                            </target>
-                        </configuration>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>run</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <!-- create resource directory for xml javadoc-->
-                        <id>createJavadocDirectory</id>
-                        <phase>generate-resources</phase>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <tasks>
-                                <delete dir="${project.build.directory}/generated-resources/xml-javadoc"/>
-                                <mkdir dir="${project.build.directory}/generated-resources/xml-javadoc"/>
-                            </tasks>
-                        </configuration>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>run</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.9.1</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>attach-artifacts</id>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>attach-artifact</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <artifacts>
-                                <artifact>
-                                    <file>target/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}.apa</file>
-                                    <type>apa</type>
-                                </artifact>
-                            </artifacts>
-                            <skipAttach>false</skipAttach>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <!-- generate javdoc -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <executions>
-                    <!-- generate xml javadoc -->
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>xml-doclet</id>
-                        <phase>generate-resources</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>javadoc</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <doclet>com.github.markusbernhardt.xmldoclet.XmlDoclet</doclet>
-                            <additionalparam>-d ${project.build.directory}/generated-resources/xml-javadoc -filename ${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-javadoc.xml</additionalparam>
-                            <useStandardDocletOptions>false</useStandardDocletOptions>
-                            <docletArtifact>
-                                <groupId>com.github.markusbernhardt</groupId>
-                                <artifactId>xml-doclet</artifactId>
-                                <version>1.0.4</version>
-                            </docletArtifact>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-            <!-- Transform xml javadoc to stripped down version containing only class/interface comments and tags-->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>xml-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.0</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>transform-xmljavadoc</id>
-                        <phase>generate-resources</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>transform</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-                <configuration>
-                    <transformationSets>
-                        <transformationSet>
-                            <dir>${project.build.directory}/generated-resources/xml-javadoc</dir>
-                            <includes>
-                                <include>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-javadoc.xml</include>
-                            </includes>
-                            <stylesheet>XmlJavadocCommentsExtractor.xsl</stylesheet>
-                            <outputDir>${project.build.directory}/generated-resources/xml-javadoc</outputDir>
-                        </transformationSet>
-                    </transformationSets>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <!-- copy xml javadoc to class jar -->
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.6</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>copy-resources</id>
-                        <phase>process-resources</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>copy-resources</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <outputDirectory>${basedir}/target/classes</outputDirectory>
-                            <resources>
-                                <resource>
-                                    <directory>${project.build.directory}/generated-resources/xml-javadoc</directory>
-                                    <includes>
-                                        <include>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-javadoc.xml</include>
-                                    </includes>
-                                    <filtering>true</filtering>
-                                </resource>
-                            </resources>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-
-        </plugins>
-
-    </build>
-
     <dependencies>
-        <!-- add your dependencies here -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
-            <artifactId>malhar-library</artifactId>
-            <version>${malhar.version}</version>
-            <!--
-                 If you know that your application does not need transitive dependencies pulled in by malhar-library,
-                 uncomment the following to reduce the size of your app package.
-            -->
-            <!--
+            <artifactId>malhar-contrib</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
             <exclusions>
-              <exclusion>
-                <groupId>*</groupId>
-                <artifactId>*</artifactId>
-              </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>*</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
-            -->
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
-            <artifactId>malhar-contrib</artifactId>
-            <version>${malhar.version}</version>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.jettison</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jettison</artifactId>
+            <version>1.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>2.5.4</version>
+            <version>2.7.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.fge</groupId>
@@ -269,29 +64,9 @@
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
-            <artifactId>apex-common</artifactId>
-            <version>${apex.version}</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.10</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
-            <artifactId>apex-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>${apex.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sf.supercsv</groupId>
             <artifactId>super-csv</artifactId>
             <version>2.4.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-
 </project>

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/apex-malhar/blob/9c154f20/examples/csvformatter/src/main/java/com/demo/myapexapp/Application.java
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diff --git a/examples/csvformatter/src/main/java/com/demo/myapexapp/Application.java b/examples/csvformatter/src/main/java/com/demo/myapexapp/Application.java
deleted file mode 100644
index a4ff06f..0000000
--- a/examples/csvformatter/src/main/java/com/demo/myapexapp/Application.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-package com.demo.myapexapp;
-
-import java.util.Arrays;
-
-import com.datatorrent.contrib.parser.JsonParser;
-
-import org.apache.apex.malhar.contrib.parser.StreamingJsonParser;
-import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
-
-import com.datatorrent.api.Context;
-import com.datatorrent.api.Context.PortContext;
-import com.datatorrent.api.DAG;
-import com.datatorrent.api.StatsListener;
-import com.datatorrent.api.StreamingApplication;
-import com.datatorrent.api.annotation.ApplicationAnnotation;
-import com.datatorrent.contrib.formatter.CsvFormatter;
-import com.datatorrent.lib.appdata.schemas.SchemaUtils;
-import com.datatorrent.lib.io.fs.AbstractFileInputOperator.DirectoryScanner;
-import com.datatorrent.lib.partitioner.StatelessThroughputBasedPartitioner;
-
-@ApplicationAnnotation(name = "CustomOutputFormatter")
-public class Application implements StreamingApplication
-{
-  //Set the delimiters and schema structure  for the custom output in schema.json
-  private static final String filename = "schema.json";
-
-  @Override
-  public void populateDAG(DAG dag, Configuration conf)
-  {
-    JsonGenerator generator = dag.addOperator("JsonGenerator", JsonGenerator.class);
-    JsonParser jsonParser = dag.addOperator("jsonParser", JsonParser.class);
-
-    CsvFormatter formatter = dag.addOperator("formatter", CsvFormatter.class);
-    formatter.setSchema(SchemaUtils.jarResourceFileToString(filename));
-    dag.setInputPortAttribute(formatter.in, PortContext.TUPLE_CLASS, PojoEvent.class);
-
-    HDFSOutputOperator<String> hdfsOutput = dag.addOperator("HDFSOutputOperator", HDFSOutputOperator.class);
-    hdfsOutput.setLineDelimiter("");
-
-    dag.addStream("parserStream", generator.out, jsonParser.in);
-    dag.addStream("formatterStream", jsonParser.out, formatter.in);
-    dag.addStream("outputStream", formatter.out, hdfsOutput.input);
-
-  }
-}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/apex-malhar/blob/9c154f20/examples/csvformatter/src/main/java/com/demo/myapexapp/HDFSOutputOperator.java
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diff --git a/examples/csvformatter/src/main/java/com/demo/myapexapp/HDFSOutputOperator.java b/examples/csvformatter/src/main/java/com/demo/myapexapp/HDFSOutputOperator.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 5cb162c..0000000
--- a/examples/csvformatter/src/main/java/com/demo/myapexapp/HDFSOutputOperator.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-package com.demo.myapexapp;
-
-import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
-
-import com.datatorrent.api.Context.OperatorContext;
-import com.datatorrent.lib.io.fs.AbstractFileOutputOperator;
-
-/**
- * HDFSoutput operator with implementation to write Objects to HDFS
- *
- * @param <T>
- */
-public class HDFSOutputOperator<T> extends AbstractFileOutputOperator<T>
-{
-
-  @NotNull
-  String outFileName;
-
-  //setting default value
-  String lineDelimiter = "\n";
-
-  //Switch to write the files to HDFS - set to false to diable writes 
-  private boolean writeFilesFlag = true;
-
-  int id;
-
-  @Override
-  public void setup(OperatorContext context)
-  {
-    super.setup(context);
-    id = context.getId();
-  }
-
-  public boolean isWriteFilesFlag()
-  {
-    return writeFilesFlag;
-  }
-
-  public void setWriteFilesFlag(boolean writeFilesFlag)
-  {
-    this.writeFilesFlag = writeFilesFlag;
-  }
-
-  public String getOutFileName()
-  {
-    return outFileName;
-  }
-
-  public void setOutFileName(String outFileName)
-  {
-    this.outFileName = outFileName;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  protected String getFileName(T tuple)
-  {
-    return getOutFileName() + id;
-  }
-
-  public String getLineDelimiter()
-  {
-    return lineDelimiter;
-  }
-
-  public void setLineDelimiter(String lineDelimiter)
-  {
-    this.lineDelimiter = lineDelimiter;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  protected byte[] getBytesForTuple(T tuple)
-  {
-    String temp = tuple.toString().concat(String.valueOf(lineDelimiter));
-    byte[] theByteArray = temp.getBytes();
-
-    return theByteArray;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  protected void processTuple(T tuple)
-  {
-    if (writeFilesFlag) {
-    }
-    super.processTuple(tuple);
-  }
-
-}

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--- a/examples/csvformatter/src/main/java/com/demo/myapexapp/JsonGenerator.java
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@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-package com.demo.myapexapp;
-
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
-import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.Random;
-
-import javax.validation.constraints.Min;
-
-import org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONException;
-import org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONObject;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
-import com.datatorrent.api.DefaultOutputPort;
-import com.datatorrent.api.InputOperator;
-import com.datatorrent.common.util.BaseOperator;
-
-public class JsonGenerator extends BaseOperator implements InputOperator
-{
-
-  private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(JsonGenerator.class);
-
-  @Min(1)
-  private int numTuples = 20;
-  private transient int count = 0;
-
-  public static Random rand = new Random();
-  private int sleepTime=5;
-
-  public final transient DefaultOutputPort<byte[]> out = new DefaultOutputPort<byte[]>();
-
-  private static String getJson()
-  {
-
-    JSONObject obj = new JSONObject();
-    try {
-      obj.put("campaignId", 1234);
-      obj.put("campaignName", "SimpleCsvFormatterExample");
-      obj.put("campaignBudget", 10000.0);
-      obj.put("weatherTargeting", "false");
-      obj.put("securityCode", "APEX");
-    } catch (JSONException e) {
-      return null;
-    }
-    return obj.toString();
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void beginWindow(long windowId)
-  {
-    count = 0;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void emitTuples()
-  {
-    if (count++ < numTuples) {
-      out.emit(getJson().getBytes());
-    } else {
-      try {
-        Thread.sleep(sleepTime);
-      } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-        LOG.info("Sleep interrupted");
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  public int getNumTuples()
-  {
-    return numTuples;
-  }
-
-  public void setNumTuples(int numTuples)
-  {
-    this.numTuples = numTuples;
-  }
-
-}

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@@ -1,141 +0,0 @@
-package com.demo.myapexapp;
-
-import java.util.Date;
-
-public class PojoEvent
-{
-
-  private int advId;
-  private int campaignId;
-  private String campaignName;
-  private double campaignBudget;
-  private Date startDate;
-  private Date endDate;
-  private String securityCode;
-  private boolean weatherTargeting;
-  private boolean optimized;
-  private String parentCampaign;
-  private Character weatherTargeted;
-  private String valid;
-
-  public int getAdvId()
-  {
-    return advId;
-  }
-
-  public void setAdvId(int AdId)
-  {
-    this.advId = advId;
-  }
-
-  public int getCampaignId()
-  {
-    return campaignId;
-  }
-
-  public void setCampaignId(int campaignId)
-  {
-    this.campaignId = campaignId;
-  }
-
-  public String getCampaignName()
-  {
-    return campaignName;
-  }
-
-  public void setCampaignName(String campaignName)
-  {
-    this.campaignName = campaignName;
-  }
-
-  public double getCampaignBudget()
-  {
-    return campaignBudget;
-  }
-
-  public void setCampaignBudget(double campaignBudget)
-  {
-    this.campaignBudget = campaignBudget;
-  }
-
-  public Date getStartDate()
-  {
-    return startDate;
-  }
-
-  public void setStartDate(Date startDate)
-  {
-    this.startDate = startDate;
-  }
-
-  public Date getEndDate()
-  {
-    return endDate;
-  }
-
-  public void setEndDate(Date endDate)
-  {
-    this.endDate = endDate;
-  }
-
-  public String getSecurityCode()
-  {
-    return securityCode;
-  }
-
-  public void setSecurityCode(String securityCode)
-  {
-    this.securityCode = securityCode;
-  }
-
-  public boolean isWeatherTargeting()
-  {
-    return weatherTargeting;
-  }
-
-  public void setWeatherTargeting(boolean weatherTargeting)
-  {
-    this.weatherTargeting = weatherTargeting;
-  }
-
-  public boolean isOptimized()
-  {
-    return optimized;
-  }
-
-  public void setOptimized(boolean optimized)
-  {
-    this.optimized = optimized;
-  }
-
-  public String getParentCampaign()
-  {
-    return parentCampaign;
-  }
-
-  public void setParentCampaign(String parentCampaign)
-  {
-    this.parentCampaign = parentCampaign;
-  }
-
-  public Character getWeatherTargeted()
-  {
-    return weatherTargeted;
-  }
-
-  public void setWeatherTargeted(Character weatherTargeted)
-  {
-    this.weatherTargeted = weatherTargeted;
-  }
-
-  public String getValid()
-  {
-    return valid;
-  }
-
-  public void setValid(String valid)
-  {
-    this.valid = valid;
-  }
-
-}

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@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package org.apache.apex.examples.csvformatter;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+
+import com.datatorrent.api.Context.PortContext;
+import com.datatorrent.api.DAG;
+import com.datatorrent.api.StreamingApplication;
+import com.datatorrent.api.annotation.ApplicationAnnotation;
+import com.datatorrent.contrib.formatter.CsvFormatter;
+import com.datatorrent.contrib.parser.JsonParser;
+import com.datatorrent.lib.appdata.schemas.SchemaUtils;
+
+@ApplicationAnnotation(name = "CustomOutputFormatter")
+public class Application implements StreamingApplication
+{
+  //Set the delimiters and schema structure  for the custom output in schema.json
+  private static final String filename = "schema.json";
+
+  @Override
+  public void populateDAG(DAG dag, Configuration conf)
+  {
+    JsonGenerator generator = dag.addOperator("JsonGenerator", JsonGenerator.class);
+    JsonParser jsonParser = dag.addOperator("jsonParser", JsonParser.class);
+
+    CsvFormatter formatter = dag.addOperator("formatter", CsvFormatter.class);
+    formatter.setSchema(SchemaUtils.jarResourceFileToString(filename));
+    dag.setInputPortAttribute(formatter.in, PortContext.TUPLE_CLASS, PojoEvent.class);
+
+    HDFSOutputOperator<String> hdfsOutput = dag.addOperator("HDFSOutputOperator", HDFSOutputOperator.class);
+    hdfsOutput.setLineDelimiter("");
+
+    dag.addStream("parserStream", generator.out, jsonParser.in);
+    dag.addStream("formatterStream", jsonParser.out, formatter.in);
+    dag.addStream("outputStream", formatter.out, hdfsOutput.input);
+
+  }
+}

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diff --git a/examples/csvformatter/src/main/java/org/apache/apex/examples/csvformatter/HDFSOutputOperator.java b/examples/csvformatter/src/main/java/org/apache/apex/examples/csvformatter/HDFSOutputOperator.java
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+package org.apache.apex.examples.csvformatter;
+
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+
+import com.datatorrent.api.Context.OperatorContext;
+import com.datatorrent.lib.io.fs.AbstractFileOutputOperator;
+
+/**
+ * HDFSoutput operator with implementation to write Objects to HDFS
+ *
+ * @param <T>
+ */
+public class HDFSOutputOperator<T> extends AbstractFileOutputOperator<T>
+{
+
+  @NotNull
+  String outFileName;
+
+  //setting default value
+  String lineDelimiter = "\n";
+
+  //Switch to write the files to HDFS - set to false to diable writes
+  private boolean writeFilesFlag = true;
+
+  int id;
+
+  @Override
+  public void setup(OperatorContext context)
+  {
+    super.setup(context);
+    id = context.getId();
+  }
+
+  public boolean isWriteFilesFlag()
+  {
+    return writeFilesFlag;
+  }
+
+  public void setWriteFilesFlag(boolean writeFilesFlag)
+  {
+    this.writeFilesFlag = writeFilesFlag;
+  }
+
+  public String getOutFileName()
+  {
+    return outFileName;
+  }
+
+  public void setOutFileName(String outFileName)
+  {
+    this.outFileName = outFileName;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected String getFileName(T tuple)
+  {
+    return getOutFileName() + id;
+  }
+
+  public String getLineDelimiter()
+  {
+    return lineDelimiter;
+  }
+
+  public void setLineDelimiter(String lineDelimiter)
+  {
+    this.lineDelimiter = lineDelimiter;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected byte[] getBytesForTuple(T tuple)
+  {
+    String temp = tuple.toString().concat(String.valueOf(lineDelimiter));
+    byte[] theByteArray = temp.getBytes();
+
+    return theByteArray;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void processTuple(T tuple)
+  {
+    if (writeFilesFlag) {
+    }
+    super.processTuple(tuple);
+  }
+
+}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/apex-malhar/blob/9c154f20/examples/csvformatter/src/main/java/org/apache/apex/examples/csvformatter/JsonGenerator.java
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+package org.apache.apex.examples.csvformatter;
+
+import java.util.Random;
+
+import javax.validation.constraints.Min;
+
+import org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONException;
+import org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONObject;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import com.datatorrent.api.DefaultOutputPort;
+import com.datatorrent.api.InputOperator;
+import com.datatorrent.common.util.BaseOperator;
+
+public class JsonGenerator extends BaseOperator implements InputOperator
+{
+
+  private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(JsonGenerator.class);
+
+  @Min(1)
+  private int numTuples = 20;
+  private transient int count = 0;
+
+  public static Random rand = new Random();
+  private int sleepTime=5;
+
+  public final transient DefaultOutputPort<byte[]> out = new DefaultOutputPort<byte[]>();
+
+  private static String getJson()
+  {
+
+    JSONObject obj = new JSONObject();
+    try {
+      obj.put("campaignId", 1234);
+      obj.put("campaignName", "SimpleCsvFormatterExample");
+      obj.put("campaignBudget", 10000.0);
+      obj.put("weatherTargeting", "false");
+      obj.put("securityCode", "APEX");
+    } catch (JSONException e) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return obj.toString();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void beginWindow(long windowId)
+  {
+    count = 0;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void emitTuples()
+  {
+    if (count++ < numTuples) {
+      out.emit(getJson().getBytes());
+    } else {
+      try {
+        Thread.sleep(sleepTime);
+      } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+        LOG.info("Sleep interrupted");
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  public int getNumTuples()
+  {
+    return numTuples;
+  }
+
+  public void setNumTuples(int numTuples)
+  {
+    this.numTuples = numTuples;
+  }
+
+}

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diff --git a/examples/csvformatter/src/main/java/org/apache/apex/examples/csvformatter/PojoEvent.java b/examples/csvformatter/src/main/java/org/apache/apex/examples/csvformatter/PojoEvent.java
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+package org.apache.apex.examples.csvformatter;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+
+public class PojoEvent
+{
+
+  private int advId;
+  private int campaignId;
+  private String campaignName;
+  private double campaignBudget;
+  private Date startDate;
+  private Date endDate;
+  private String securityCode;
+  private boolean weatherTargeting;
+  private boolean optimized;
+  private String parentCampaign;
+  private Character weatherTargeted;
+  private String valid;
+
+  public int getAdvId()
+  {
+    return advId;
+  }
+
+  public void setAdvId(int AdId)
+  {
+    this.advId = advId;
+  }
+
+  public int getCampaignId()
+  {
+    return campaignId;
+  }
+
+  public void setCampaignId(int campaignId)
+  {
+    this.campaignId = campaignId;
+  }
+
+  public String getCampaignName()
+  {
+    return campaignName;
+  }
+
+  public void setCampaignName(String campaignName)
+  {
+    this.campaignName = campaignName;
+  }
+
+  public double getCampaignBudget()
+  {
+    return campaignBudget;
+  }
+
+  public void setCampaignBudget(double campaignBudget)
+  {
+    this.campaignBudget = campaignBudget;
+  }
+
+  public Date getStartDate()
+  {
+    return startDate;
+  }
+
+  public void setStartDate(Date startDate)
+  {
+    this.startDate = startDate;
+  }
+
+  public Date getEndDate()
+  {
+    return endDate;
+  }
+
+  public void setEndDate(Date endDate)
+  {
+    this.endDate = endDate;
+  }
+
+  public String getSecurityCode()
+  {
+    return securityCode;
+  }
+
+  public void setSecurityCode(String securityCode)
+  {
+    this.securityCode = securityCode;
+  }
+
+  public boolean isWeatherTargeting()
+  {
+    return weatherTargeting;
+  }
+
+  public void setWeatherTargeting(boolean weatherTargeting)
+  {
+    this.weatherTargeting = weatherTargeting;
+  }
+
+  public boolean isOptimized()
+  {
+    return optimized;
+  }
+
+  public void setOptimized(boolean optimized)
+  {
+    this.optimized = optimized;
+  }
+
+  public String getParentCampaign()
+  {
+    return parentCampaign;
+  }
+
+  public void setParentCampaign(String parentCampaign)
+  {
+    this.parentCampaign = parentCampaign;
+  }
+
+  public Character getWeatherTargeted()
+  {
+    return weatherTargeted;
+  }
+
+  public void setWeatherTargeted(Character weatherTargeted)
+  {
+    this.weatherTargeted = weatherTargeted;
+  }
+
+  public String getValid()
+  {
+    return valid;
+  }
+
+  public void setValid(String valid)
+  {
+    this.valid = valid;
+  }
+
+}

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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <property>
     <name>dt.application.CustomOutputFormatter.operator.jsonParser.port.out.attr.TUPLE_CLASS
     </name>
-    <value>com.demo.myapexapp.PojoEvent</value>
+    <value>org.apache.apex.examples.csvformatter.PojoEvent</value>
   </property>
 
 

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-package com.demo.myapexapp;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Collection;
-
-import javax.validation.ConstraintViolationException;
-
-import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
-
-import org.junit.AfterClass;
-import org.junit.Assert;
-
-import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-import com.datatorrent.api.LocalMode;
-
-/**
- * Test the DAG declaration in local mode.
- */
-public class ApplicationTest
-{
-
-  private static final String FILE_NAME = "/tmp/formatterApp";
-
-  @AfterClass
-  public static void cleanup()
-  {
-    try {
-      FileUtils.deleteDirectory(new File(FILE_NAME));
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(e);
-    }
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void testApplication() throws Exception
-  {
-    try {
-      LocalMode lma = LocalMode.newInstance();
-      Configuration conf = new Configuration(false);
-      conf.addResource(this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("/META-INF/properties.xml"));
-      lma.prepareDAG(new Application(), conf);
-      LocalMode.Controller lc = lma.getController();
-      lc.runAsync();
-
-      // wait for output files to roll
-      Thread.sleep(5000);
-
-      String[] extensions = {"dat.0", "tmp"};
-      Collection<File> list = FileUtils.listFiles(new File(FILE_NAME), extensions, false);
-
-      for (File file : list) {
-        for (String line : FileUtils.readLines(file)) {
-          Assert.assertEquals("Delimiter in record", true, (line.equals(
-            "1234|0|SimpleCsvFormatterExample|10000.0|||APEX|false|false||")));
-        }
-      }
-
-    } catch (ConstraintViolationException e) {
-      Assert.fail("constraint violations: " + e.getConstraintViolations());
-    }
-  }
-
-}

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@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package org.apache.apex.examples.csvformatter;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import javax.validation.ConstraintViolationException;
+
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+
+import com.datatorrent.api.LocalMode;
+
+/**
+ * Test the DAG declaration in local mode.
+ */
+public class ApplicationTest
+{
+
+  private static final String FILE_NAME = "/tmp/formatterApp";
+
+  @AfterClass
+  public static void cleanup()
+  {
+    try {
+      FileUtils.deleteDirectory(new File(FILE_NAME));
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testApplication() throws Exception
+  {
+    try {
+      LocalMode lma = LocalMode.newInstance();
+      Configuration conf = new Configuration(false);
+      conf.addResource(this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("/META-INF/properties.xml"));
+      lma.prepareDAG(new Application(), conf);
+      LocalMode.Controller lc = lma.getController();
+      lc.runAsync();
+
+      // wait for output files to roll
+      Thread.sleep(5000);
+
+      String[] extensions = {"dat.0", "tmp"};
+      Collection<File> list = FileUtils.listFiles(new File(FILE_NAME), extensions, false);
+
+      for (File file : list) {
+        for (String line : FileUtils.readLines(file)) {
+          Assert.assertEquals("Delimiter in record", true, (line.equals(
+            "1234|0|SimpleCsvFormatterExample|10000.0|||APEX|false|false||")));
+        }
+      }
+
+    } catch (ConstraintViolationException e) {
+      Assert.fail("constraint violations: " + e.getConstraintViolations());
+    }
+  }
+
+}

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diff --git a/examples/dedup/pom.xml b/examples/dedup/pom.xml
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--- a/examples/dedup/pom.xml
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@@ -2,279 +2,30 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
-  <groupId>com.example</groupId>
-  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <artifactId>dedup</artifactId>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
+    <artifactId>malhar-examples</artifactId>
+    <version>3.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>malhar-examples-dedup</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <!-- change these to the appropriate values -->
-  <name>My Apex Application</name>
-  <description>My Apex Application Description</description>
-
-  <properties>
-    <!-- change this if you desire to use a different version of Apex Core -->
-    <apex.version>3.5.0</apex.version>
-    <malhar.version>3.6.0</malhar.version>
-    <apex.apppackage.classpath>lib/*.jar</apex.apppackage.classpath>
-  </properties>
-
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-       <plugin>
-         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-         <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
-         <version>2.9</version>
-         <configuration>
-           <downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
-         </configuration>
-       </plugin>
-       <plugin>
-         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-         <version>3.3</version>
-         <configuration>
-           <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-           <source>1.7</source>
-           <target>1.7</target>
-           <debug>true</debug>
-           <optimize>false</optimize>
-           <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
-           <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
-         </configuration>
-       </plugin>
-       <plugin>
-         <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-         <version>2.8</version>
-         <executions>
-           <execution>
-             <id>copy-dependencies</id>
-             <phase>prepare-package</phase>
-             <goals>
-               <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
-             </goals>
-             <configuration>
-               <outputDirectory>target/deps</outputDirectory>
-               <includeScope>runtime</includeScope>
-             </configuration>
-           </execution>
-         </executions>
-       </plugin>
-
-       <plugin>
-         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-         <executions>
-           <execution>
-             <id>app-package-assembly</id>
-             <phase>package</phase>
-             <goals>
-               <goal>single</goal>
-             </goals>
-             <configuration>
-               <finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-apexapp</finalName>
-               <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-               <descriptors>
-                 <descriptor>src/assemble/appPackage.xml</descriptor>
-               </descriptors>
-               <archiverConfig>
-                 <defaultDirectoryMode>0755</defaultDirectoryMode>
-               </archiverConfig>
-               <archive>
-                 <manifestEntries>
-                   <Class-Path>${apex.apppackage.classpath}</Class-Path>
-                   <DT-Engine-Version>${apex.version}</DT-Engine-Version>
-                   <DT-App-Package-Group-Id>${project.groupId}</DT-App-Package-Group-Id>
-                   <DT-App-Package-Name>${project.artifactId}</DT-App-Package-Name>
-                   <DT-App-Package-Version>${project.version}</DT-App-Package-Version>
-                   <DT-App-Package-Display-Name>${project.name}</DT-App-Package-Display-Name>
-                   <DT-App-Package-Description>${project.description}</DT-App-Package-Description>
-                 </manifestEntries>
-               </archive>
-             </configuration>
-           </execution>
-         </executions>
-       </plugin>
-
-       <plugin>
-         <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-         <version>1.7</version>
-         <executions>
-           <execution>
-             <phase>package</phase>
-             <configuration>
-               <target>
-                 <move file="${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-apexapp.jar"
-                       tofile="${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}.apa" />
-               </target>
-             </configuration>
-             <goals>
-               <goal>run</goal>
-             </goals>
-           </execution>
-           <execution>
-             <!-- create resource directory for xml javadoc-->
-             <id>createJavadocDirectory</id>
-             <phase>generate-resources</phase>
-             <configuration>
-               <tasks>
-                 <delete dir="${project.build.directory}/generated-resources/xml-javadoc"/>
-                 <mkdir dir="${project.build.directory}/generated-resources/xml-javadoc"/>
-               </tasks>
-             </configuration>
-             <goals>
-               <goal>run</goal>
-             </goals>
-           </execution>
-         </executions>
-       </plugin>
-
-       <plugin>
-         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-         <version>1.9.1</version>
-         <executions>
-           <execution>
-             <id>attach-artifacts</id>
-             <phase>package</phase>
-             <goals>
-               <goal>attach-artifact</goal>
-             </goals>
-             <configuration>
-               <artifacts>
-                 <artifact>
-                   <file>target/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}.apa</file>
-                   <type>apa</type>
-                 </artifact>
-               </artifacts>
-               <skipAttach>false</skipAttach>
-             </configuration>
-           </execution>
-         </executions>
-       </plugin>
-
-      <!-- generate javdoc -->
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <!-- generate xml javadoc -->
-          <execution>
-            <id>xml-doclet</id>
-            <phase>generate-resources</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>javadoc</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <doclet>com.github.markusbernhardt.xmldoclet.XmlDoclet</doclet>
-              <additionalparam>-d ${project.build.directory}/generated-resources/xml-javadoc -filename ${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-javadoc.xml</additionalparam>
-              <useStandardDocletOptions>false</useStandardDocletOptions>
-              <docletArtifact>
-                <groupId>com.github.markusbernhardt</groupId>
-                <artifactId>xml-doclet</artifactId>
-                <version>1.0.4</version>
-              </docletArtifact>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <!-- Transform xml javadoc to stripped down version containing only class/interface comments and tags-->
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>xml-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>transform-xmljavadoc</id>
-            <phase>generate-resources</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>transform</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-        <configuration>
-          <transformationSets>
-            <transformationSet>
-              <dir>${project.build.directory}/generated-resources/xml-javadoc</dir>
-              <includes>
-                <include>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-javadoc.xml</include>
-              </includes>
-              <stylesheet>XmlJavadocCommentsExtractor.xsl</stylesheet>
-              <outputDir>${project.build.directory}/generated-resources/xml-javadoc</outputDir>
-            </transformationSet>
-          </transformationSets>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <!-- copy xml javadoc to class jar -->
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>copy-resources</id>
-            <phase>process-resources</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>copy-resources</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <outputDirectory>${basedir}/target/classes</outputDirectory>
-              <resources>
-                <resource>
-                  <directory>${project.build.directory}/generated-resources/xml-javadoc</directory>
-                  <includes>
-                    <include>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-javadoc.xml</include>
-                  </includes>
-                  <filtering>true</filtering>
-                </resource>
-              </resources>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-
-    </plugins>
-
-  </build>
+  <name>Dedup Application</name>
+  <description>Dedup Application</description>
 
   <dependencies>
-    <!-- add your dependencies here -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
-      <artifactId>malhar-library</artifactId>
-      <version>${malhar.version}</version>
-      <!--
-           If you know that your application does not need transitive dependencies pulled in by malhar-library,
-           uncomment the following to reduce the size of your app package.
-      -->
-      <!--
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>*</groupId>
-          <artifactId>*</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-      -->
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
-      <artifactId>apex-common</artifactId>
-      <version>${apex.version}</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.10</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
-      <artifactId>apex-engine</artifactId>
-      <version>${apex.version}</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.janino</groupId>
       <artifactId>janino</artifactId>
       <version>2.7.8</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
+      <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
+      <version>2.9.1</version>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
 </project>

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/apex-malhar/blob/9c154f20/examples/dedup/src/main/java/com/example/dedup/Application.java
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-/**
- * Put your copyright and license info here.
- */
-package com.example.dedup;
-
-import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.Random;
-
-import org.apache.apex.malhar.lib.dedup.TimeBasedDedupOperator;
-import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
-
-import com.datatorrent.api.annotation.ApplicationAnnotation;
-import com.datatorrent.common.partitioner.StatelessPartitioner;
-import com.datatorrent.common.util.BaseOperator;
-import com.datatorrent.lib.io.ConsoleOutputOperator;
-import com.datatorrent.api.StreamingApplication;
-import com.datatorrent.api.Context;
-import com.datatorrent.api.DAG;
-import com.datatorrent.api.DefaultOutputPort;
-import com.datatorrent.api.InputOperator;
-
-@ApplicationAnnotation(name="DedupExample")
-public class Application implements StreamingApplication
-{
-
-  @Override
-  public void populateDAG(DAG dag, Configuration conf)
-  {
-    // Test Data Generator Operator
-    RandomDataGeneratorOperator gen = dag.addOperator("RandomGenerator", new RandomDataGeneratorOperator());
-
-    // Dedup Operator. Configuration through resources/META-INF/properties.xml
-    TimeBasedDedupOperator dedup = dag.addOperator("Deduper", new TimeBasedDedupOperator());
-
-    // Console output operator for unique tuples
-    ConsoleOutputOperator consoleUnique = dag.addOperator("ConsoleUnique", new ConsoleOutputOperator());
-
-    // Console output operator for duplicate tuples
-    ConsoleOutputOperator consoleDuplicate = dag.addOperator("ConsoleDuplicate", new ConsoleOutputOperator());
-
-    // Console output operator for duplicate tuples
-    ConsoleOutputOperator consoleExpired = dag.addOperator("ConsoleExpired", new ConsoleOutputOperator());
-
-    // Streams
-    dag.addStream("Generator to Dedup", gen.output, dedup.input);
-
-    // Connect Dedup unique to Console
-    dag.addStream("Dedup Unique to Console", dedup.unique, consoleUnique.input);
-    // Connect Dedup duplicate to Console
-    dag.addStream("Dedup Duplicate to Console", dedup.duplicate, consoleDuplicate.input);
-    // Connect Dedup expired to Console
-    dag.addStream("Dedup Expired to Console", dedup.expired, consoleExpired.input);
-
-    // Set Attribute TUPLE_CLASS for supplying schema information to the port
-    dag.setInputPortAttribute(dedup.input, Context.PortContext.TUPLE_CLASS, TestEvent.class);
-
-    // Uncomment the following line to create multiple partitions for Dedup operator. In this case: 2
-    // dag.setAttribute(dedup, Context.OperatorContext.PARTITIONER, new StatelessPartitioner<TimeBasedDedupOperator>(2));
-  }
-
-  public static class RandomDataGeneratorOperator extends BaseOperator implements InputOperator
-  {
-
-    public final transient DefaultOutputPort<TestEvent> output = new DefaultOutputPort<>();
-    private final transient Random r = new Random();
-    private int tuplesPerWindow = 100;
-    private transient int count = 0;
-
-    @Override
-    public void beginWindow(long windowId) {
-      count = 0;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void emitTuples()
-    {
-      if (count++ > tuplesPerWindow) {
-        return;
-      }
-      TestEvent event = new TestEvent();
-      event.id = r.nextInt(100);
-      event.eventTime = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis() - (r.nextInt(60 * 1000)));
-      output.emit(event);
-    }
-  }
-
-  public static class TestEvent
-  {
-    private int id;
-    private Date eventTime;
-
-    public TestEvent()
-    {
-    }
-
-    public int getId()
-    {
-      return id;
-    }
-
-    public void setId(int id)
-    {
-      this.id = id;
-    }
-
-    public Date getEventTime()
-    {
-      return eventTime;
-    }
-
-    public void setEventTime(Date eventTime)
-    {
-      this.eventTime = eventTime;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String toString() {
-      return "TestEvent [id=" + id + ", eventTime=" + eventTime + "]";
-    }
-
-  }
-
-}

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+/**
+ * Put your copyright and license info here.
+ */
+package org.apache.apex.examples.dedup;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.Random;
+
+import org.apache.apex.malhar.lib.dedup.TimeBasedDedupOperator;
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+
+import com.datatorrent.api.Context;
+import com.datatorrent.api.DAG;
+import com.datatorrent.api.DefaultOutputPort;
+import com.datatorrent.api.InputOperator;
+import com.datatorrent.api.StreamingApplication;
+import com.datatorrent.api.annotation.ApplicationAnnotation;
+import com.datatorrent.common.util.BaseOperator;
+import com.datatorrent.lib.io.ConsoleOutputOperator;
+
+@ApplicationAnnotation(name="DedupExample")
+public class Application implements StreamingApplication
+{
+
+  @Override
+  public void populateDAG(DAG dag, Configuration conf)
+  {
+    // Test Data Generator Operator
+    RandomDataGeneratorOperator gen = dag.addOperator("RandomGenerator", new RandomDataGeneratorOperator());
+
+    // Dedup Operator. Configuration through resources/META-INF/properties.xml
+    TimeBasedDedupOperator dedup = dag.addOperator("Deduper", new TimeBasedDedupOperator());
+
+    // Console output operator for unique tuples
+    ConsoleOutputOperator consoleUnique = dag.addOperator("ConsoleUnique", new ConsoleOutputOperator());
+
+    // Console output operator for duplicate tuples
+    ConsoleOutputOperator consoleDuplicate = dag.addOperator("ConsoleDuplicate", new ConsoleOutputOperator());
+
+    // Console output operator for duplicate tuples
+    ConsoleOutputOperator consoleExpired = dag.addOperator("ConsoleExpired", new ConsoleOutputOperator());
+
+    // Streams
+    dag.addStream("Generator to Dedup", gen.output, dedup.input);
+
+    // Connect Dedup unique to Console
+    dag.addStream("Dedup Unique to Console", dedup.unique, consoleUnique.input);
+    // Connect Dedup duplicate to Console
+    dag.addStream("Dedup Duplicate to Console", dedup.duplicate, consoleDuplicate.input);
+    // Connect Dedup expired to Console
+    dag.addStream("Dedup Expired to Console", dedup.expired, consoleExpired.input);
+
+    // Set Attribute TUPLE_CLASS for supplying schema information to the port
+    dag.setInputPortAttribute(dedup.input, Context.PortContext.TUPLE_CLASS, TestEvent.class);
+
+    // Uncomment the following line to create multiple partitions for Dedup operator. In this case: 2
+    // dag.setAttribute(dedup, Context.OperatorContext.PARTITIONER, new StatelessPartitioner<TimeBasedDedupOperator>(2));
+  }
+
+  public static class RandomDataGeneratorOperator extends BaseOperator implements InputOperator
+  {
+
+    public final transient DefaultOutputPort<TestEvent> output = new DefaultOutputPort<>();
+    private final transient Random r = new Random();
+    private int tuplesPerWindow = 100;
+    private transient int count = 0;
+
+    @Override
+    public void beginWindow(long windowId) {
+      count = 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void emitTuples()
+    {
+      if (count++ > tuplesPerWindow) {
+        return;
+      }
+      TestEvent event = new TestEvent();
+      event.id = r.nextInt(100);
+      event.eventTime = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis() - (r.nextInt(60 * 1000)));
+      output.emit(event);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static class TestEvent
+  {
+    private int id;
+    private Date eventTime;
+
+    public TestEvent()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public int getId()
+    {
+      return id;
+    }
+
+    public void setId(int id)
+    {
+      this.id = id;
+    }
+
+    public Date getEventTime()
+    {
+      return eventTime;
+    }
+
+    public void setEventTime(Date eventTime)
+    {
+      this.eventTime = eventTime;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+      return "TestEvent [id=" + id + ", eventTime=" + eventTime + "]";
+    }
+
+  }
+
+}

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-/**
- * Put your copyright and license info here.
- */
-package com.example.dedup;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import javax.validation.ConstraintViolationException;
-
-import org.junit.Assert;
-
-import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-import com.datatorrent.api.LocalMode;
-import com.example.dedup.Application;
-
-/**
- * Test the DAG declaration in local mode.
- */
-public class ApplicationTest {
-
-  @Test
-  public void testApplication() throws IOException, Exception {
-    try {
-      LocalMode lma = LocalMode.newInstance();
-      Configuration conf = new Configuration(false);
-      conf.addResource(this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("/META-INF/properties.xml"));
-      lma.prepareDAG(new Application(), conf);
-      LocalMode.Controller lc = lma.getController();
-      lc.runAsync();
-      Thread.sleep(10 * 1000);
-      lc.shutdown();
-    } catch (ConstraintViolationException e) {
-      Assert.fail("constraint violations: " + e.getConstraintViolations());
-    }
-  }
-}

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+/**
+ * Put your copyright and license info here.
+ */
+package org.apache.apex.examples.dedup;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import javax.validation.ConstraintViolationException;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+
+import com.datatorrent.api.LocalMode;
+
+/**
+ * Test the DAG declaration in local mode.
+ */
+public class ApplicationTest {
+
+  @Test
+  public void testApplication() throws IOException, Exception {
+    try {
+      LocalMode lma = LocalMode.newInstance();
+      Configuration conf = new Configuration(false);
+      conf.addResource(this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("/META-INF/properties.xml"));
+      lma.prepareDAG(new Application(), conf);
+      LocalMode.Controller lc = lma.getController();
+      lc.runAsync();
+      Thread.sleep(10 * 1000);
+      lc.shutdown();
+    } catch (ConstraintViolationException e) {
+      Assert.fail("constraint violations: " + e.getConstraintViolations());
+    }
+  }
+}

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 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  
-  <groupId>com.example</groupId>
-  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <artifactId>dynamic-partition</artifactId>
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
+    <artifactId>malhar-examples</artifactId>
+    <version>3.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>malhar-examples-dynamic-partition</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <!-- change these to the appropriate values -->
   <name>Dynamic Partitioning</name>
   <description>Example showing dynamic partitioning</description>
 
-  <properties>
-    <!-- change this if you desire to use a different version of Apex Core -->
-    <apex.version>3.5.0</apex.version>
-    <apex.apppackage.classpath>lib/*.jar</apex.apppackage.classpath>
-  </properties>
-
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-       <plugin>
-         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-         <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>
-         <version>2.9</version>
-         <configuration>
-           <downloadSources>true</downloadSources>
-         </configuration>
-       </plugin>
-       <plugin>
-         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-         <version>3.3</version>
-         <configuration>
-           <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
-           <source>1.7</source>
-           <target>1.7</target>
-           <debug>true</debug>
-           <optimize>false</optimize>
-           <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
-           <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
-         </configuration>
-       </plugin>
-       <plugin>
-         <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-         <version>2.8</version>
-         <executions>
-           <execution>
-             <id>copy-dependencies</id>
-             <phase>prepare-package</phase>
-             <goals>
-               <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
-             </goals>
-             <configuration>
-               <outputDirectory>target/deps</outputDirectory>
-               <includeScope>runtime</includeScope>
-             </configuration>
-           </execution>
-         </executions>
-       </plugin>
-
-       <plugin>
-         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-         <executions>
-           <execution>
-             <id>app-package-assembly</id>
-             <phase>package</phase>
-             <goals>
-               <goal>single</goal>
-             </goals>
-             <configuration>
-               <finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-apexapp</finalName>
-               <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-               <descriptors>
-                 <descriptor>src/assemble/appPackage.xml</descriptor>
-               </descriptors>
-               <archiverConfig>
-                 <defaultDirectoryMode>0755</defaultDirectoryMode>
-               </archiverConfig>                  
-               <archive>
-                 <manifestEntries>
-                   <Class-Path>${apex.apppackage.classpath}</Class-Path>
-                   <DT-Engine-Version>${apex.version}</DT-Engine-Version>
-                   <DT-App-Package-Group-Id>${project.groupId}</DT-App-Package-Group-Id>
-                   <DT-App-Package-Name>${project.artifactId}</DT-App-Package-Name>
-                   <DT-App-Package-Version>${project.version}</DT-App-Package-Version>
-                   <DT-App-Package-Display-Name>${project.name}</DT-App-Package-Display-Name>
-                   <DT-App-Package-Description>${project.description}</DT-App-Package-Description>
-                 </manifestEntries>
-               </archive>
-             </configuration>
-           </execution>
-         </executions>
-       </plugin>
-
-       <plugin>
-         <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-         <version>1.7</version>
-         <executions>
-           <execution>
-             <phase>package</phase>
-             <configuration>
-               <target>
-                 <move file="${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-apexapp.jar"
-                       tofile="${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}.apa" />
-               </target>
-             </configuration>
-             <goals>
-               <goal>run</goal>
-             </goals>
-           </execution>
-           <execution>
-             <!-- create resource directory for xml javadoc-->
-             <id>createJavadocDirectory</id>
-             <phase>generate-resources</phase>
-             <configuration>
-               <tasks>
-                 <delete dir="${project.build.directory}/generated-resources/xml-javadoc"/>
-                 <mkdir dir="${project.build.directory}/generated-resources/xml-javadoc"/>
-               </tasks>
-             </configuration>
-             <goals>
-               <goal>run</goal>
-             </goals>
-           </execution>
-         </executions>
-       </plugin>
-
-       <plugin>
-         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-         <version>1.9.1</version>
-         <executions>
-           <execution>
-             <id>attach-artifacts</id>
-             <phase>package</phase>
-             <goals>
-               <goal>attach-artifact</goal>
-             </goals>
-             <configuration>
-               <artifacts>
-                 <artifact>
-                   <file>target/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}.apa</file>
-                   <type>apa</type>
-                 </artifact>
-               </artifacts>
-               <skipAttach>false</skipAttach>
-             </configuration>
-           </execution>
-         </executions>
-       </plugin>
-
-      <!-- generate javdoc -->
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <!-- generate xml javadoc -->
-          <execution>
-            <id>xml-doclet</id>
-            <phase>generate-resources</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>javadoc</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <doclet>com.github.markusbernhardt.xmldoclet.XmlDoclet</doclet>
-              <additionalparam>-d ${project.build.directory}/generated-resources/xml-javadoc -filename ${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-javadoc.xml</additionalparam>
-              <useStandardDocletOptions>false</useStandardDocletOptions>
-              <docletArtifact>
-                <groupId>com.github.markusbernhardt</groupId>
-                <artifactId>xml-doclet</artifactId>
-                <version>1.0.4</version>
-              </docletArtifact>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <!-- Transform xml javadoc to stripped down version containing only class/interface comments and tags-->
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>xml-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>transform-xmljavadoc</id>
-            <phase>generate-resources</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>transform</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-        <configuration>
-          <transformationSets>
-            <transformationSet>
-              <dir>${project.build.directory}/generated-resources/xml-javadoc</dir>
-              <includes>
-                <include>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-javadoc.xml</include>
-              </includes>
-              <stylesheet>XmlJavadocCommentsExtractor.xsl</stylesheet>
-              <outputDir>${project.build.directory}/generated-resources/xml-javadoc</outputDir>
-            </transformationSet>
-          </transformationSets>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <!-- copy xml javadoc to class jar -->
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>copy-resources</id>
-            <phase>process-resources</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>copy-resources</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <outputDirectory>${basedir}/target/classes</outputDirectory>
-              <resources>
-                <resource>
-                  <directory>${project.build.directory}/generated-resources/xml-javadoc</directory>
-                  <includes>
-                    <include>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-javadoc.xml</include>
-                  </includes>
-                  <filtering>true</filtering>
-                </resource>
-              </resources>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-
-    </plugins>
-
-  </build>
-
   <dependencies>
-    <!-- add your dependencies here -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
-      <artifactId>malhar-library</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.0</version>
-      <!-- 
-           If you know that your application does not need transitive dependencies pulled in by malhar-library,
-           uncomment the following to reduce the size of your app package.
-      -->
-      <!--    
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>*</groupId>
-          <artifactId>*</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-      -->
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
-      <artifactId>apex-common</artifactId>
-      <version>${apex.version}</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.10</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.apex</groupId>
-      <artifactId>apex-engine</artifactId>
-      <version>${apex.version}</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
+      <groupId>com.esotericsoftware.kryo</groupId>
+      <artifactId>kryo</artifactId>
+      <version>2.24.0</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/apex-malhar/blob/9c154f20/examples/dynamic-partition/src/main/java/com/example/dynamic/App.java
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diff --git a/examples/dynamic-partition/src/main/java/com/example/dynamic/App.java b/examples/dynamic-partition/src/main/java/com/example/dynamic/App.java
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-package com.example.dynamic;
-
-import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
-
-import com.datatorrent.api.annotation.ApplicationAnnotation;
-import com.datatorrent.api.StreamingApplication;
-import com.datatorrent.api.DAG;
-
-import com.datatorrent.lib.stream.DevNull;
-
-@ApplicationAnnotation(name="Dyn")
-public class App implements StreamingApplication
-{
-
-  @Override
-  public void populateDAG(DAG dag, Configuration conf)
-  {
-    Gen gen         = dag.addOperator("gen",     Gen.class);
-    DevNull devNull = dag.addOperator("devNull", DevNull.class);
-
-    dag.addStream("data", gen.out, devNull.data);
-  }
-}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/apex-malhar/blob/9c154f20/examples/dynamic-partition/src/main/java/com/example/dynamic/Gen.java
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diff --git a/examples/dynamic-partition/src/main/java/com/example/dynamic/Gen.java b/examples/dynamic-partition/src/main/java/com/example/dynamic/Gen.java
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-package com.example.dynamic;
-
-import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.Kryo;
-import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.io.Input;
-import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.io.Output;
-import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
-import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
-import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import com.datatorrent.api.DefaultPartition;
-import com.datatorrent.api.Partitioner;
-import com.datatorrent.api.StatsListener;
-
-import com.datatorrent.api.DefaultOutputPort;
-import com.datatorrent.api.InputOperator;
-import com.datatorrent.common.util.BaseOperator;
-
-/**
- * Operator that dynamically partitions itself after 500 tuples have been emitted
- */
-public class Gen extends BaseOperator implements InputOperator, Partitioner<Gen>, StatsListener
-{
-  private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Gen.class);
-
-  private static final int MAX_PARTITIONS = 4;    // maximum number of partitions
-
-  private int partitions = 2;                     // initial number of partitions
-
-  @NotNull
-  private int numTuples;                          // number of tuples to emit per window
-
-  private transient int count = 0;
-
-  public final transient DefaultOutputPort<Double> out = new DefaultOutputPort<Double>();
-
-  @Override
-  public void partitioned(Map<Integer, Partition<Gen>> map)
-  {
-    if (partitions != map.size()) {
-      String msg = String.format("partitions = %d, map.size = %d%n", partitions, map.size());
-      throw new RuntimeException(msg);
-    }
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void beginWindow(long windowId)
-  {
-    count = 0;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void emitTuples()
-  {
-    if (count < numTuples) {
-      ++count;
-      out.emit(Math.random());
-    }
-  }
-
-  public int getNumTuples()
-  {
-    return numTuples;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Sets the number of tuples to be emitted every window.
-   * @param numTuples number of tuples
-   */
-  public void setNumTuples(int numTuples)
-  {
-    this.numTuples = numTuples;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public Response processStats(BatchedOperatorStats batchedOperatorStats) {
-
-    final long emittedCount = batchedOperatorStats.getTuplesEmittedPSMA();
-
-    // we only perform a single dynamic repartition
-    Response res = new Response();
-    res.repartitionRequired = false;
-    if (emittedCount > 500 && partitions < MAX_PARTITIONS) {
-      LOG.info("processStats: trying repartition of input operator current {} required {}",
-               partitions, MAX_PARTITIONS);
-      LOG.info("**** operator id = {}, window id = {}, tuplesProcessedPSMA = {}, tuplesEmittedPSMA = {}",
-              batchedOperatorStats.getOperatorId(),
-              batchedOperatorStats.getCurrentWindowId(),
-              batchedOperatorStats.getTuplesProcessedPSMA(),
-              emittedCount);
-      partitions = MAX_PARTITIONS;
-      res.repartitionRequired = true;
-    }
-
-    return res;
-  }  // processStats
-
-  /**
-   * Clone object by serializing and deserializing using Kryo.
-   * Note this is different from using {@link Kryo#copy(Object)}, which will attempt to also clone transient fields.
-   *
-   * @param kryo kryo object used to clone objects
-   * @param src src object that copy from
-   * @return cloned object
-   */
-  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-  private static <SRC> SRC cloneObject(Kryo kryo, SRC src)
-  {
-    kryo.setClassLoader(src.getClass().getClassLoader());
-    ByteArrayOutputStream bos = null;
-    Output output;
-    Input input = null;
-    try {
-      bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-      output = new Output(bos);
-      kryo.writeObject(output, src);
-      output.close();
-      input = new Input(bos.toByteArray());
-      return (SRC)kryo.readObject(input, src.getClass());
-    } finally {
-      IOUtils.closeQuietly(input);
-      IOUtils.closeQuietly(bos);
-    }
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public Collection<Partition<Gen>> definePartitions(
-      Collection<Partition<Gen>> list, PartitioningContext context)
-  {
-    if (partitions < 0) {    // error
-      String msg = String.format("Error: Bad value: partitions = %d%n", partitions);
-      LOG.error(msg);
-      throw new RuntimeException(msg);
-    }
-
-    final int prevCount = list.size();
-    if (1 == prevCount) {    // initial call
-      LOG.info("definePartitions: First call, prevCount = {}, partitions = {}",
-               prevCount, partitions);
-    }
-
-    if (prevCount == partitions) {
-      LOG.info("definePartitions: Nothing to do in definePartitions");
-      return list;    // nothing to do
-    }
-
-    LOG.debug("definePartitions: Repartitioning from {} to {}", prevCount, partitions);
-
-    Kryo kryo = new Kryo();
-
-    // return value: new list of partitions (includes old list)
-    List<Partition<Gen>> newPartitions = Lists.newArrayListWithExpectedSize(partitions);
-
-    for (int i = 0; i < partitions; i++) {
-      Gen oper = cloneObject(kryo, this);
-      newPartitions.add(new DefaultPartition<>(oper));
-    }
-
-    LOG.info("definePartition: returning {} partitions", newPartitions.size());
-    return newPartitions;
-  }
-
-}