[jira] [Resolved] (BEAM-1949) Rename DoFn.Context#sideOutput to #output

["Thomas Groh (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-1949?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Thomas Groh resolved BEAM-1949.
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       Resolution: Feedback Received
    Fix Version/s: First stable release

> Rename DoFn.Context#sideOutput to #output
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>                 Key: BEAM-1949
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-1949
>             Project: Beam
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: sdk-java-core
>            Reporter: Thomas Groh
>            Assignee: Thomas Groh
>             Fix For: First stable release
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> Having two methods, both named output, one which takes the "main output type" and one that takes a tag to specify the type more clearly communicates the actual behavior - sideOutput isn't a "special" way to output, it's the same as output(T), just to a specified PCollection. This will help pipeline authors understand the actual behavior of outputting to a tag, and detangle it from "sideInput", which is a special way to receive input. Giving them the same name means that it's not even strange to call output and provide the main output type, which is what we want - it's a more specific way to output, but does not have different restrictions or capabilities.
> This is also a pretty small change within the SDK - it touches about 20 files, and the changes are pretty automatic.



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