AssociativeAttribute ClassDryadLINQ documentation
Indicates that a method is an associative aggregation method. The argument to the constructor must be of type IAssociative. The computation of the method annotated by this attribute can be decomposed to a sequence of calls to the Seed and RecursiveAccumulate methods.
Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
  SystemAttribute
    Microsoft.Research.DryadLinqAssociativeAttribute

Namespace: Microsoft.Research.DryadLinq
Assembly: Microsoft.Research.DryadLinq (in Microsoft.Research.DryadLinq.dll) Version: 0.2.1.0 (0.2.1.0)
Syntax

public sealed class AssociativeAttribute : Attribute

The AssociativeAttribute type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  NameDescription
Public methodAssociativeAttribute
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Methods

  NameDescription
Public methodEquals
Returns a value that indicates whether this instance is equal to a specified object.
(Inherited from Attribute.)
Public methodGetHashCode
Returns the hash code for this instance.
(Inherited from Attribute.)
Public methodGetType
Gets the Type of the current instance.
(Inherited from Object.)
Public methodIsDefaultAttribute
When overridden in a derived class, indicates whether the value of this instance is the default value for the derived class.
(Inherited from Attribute.)
Public methodMatch
When overridden in a derived class, returns a value that indicates whether this instance equals a specified object.
(Inherited from Attribute.)
Public methodToString
Returns a string that represents the current object.
(Inherited from Object.)
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Properties

  NameDescription
Public propertyAssociativeType
A type that implements IAssociative{T} where T is the output type of methods that are decorated with this attribute.
Public propertyTypeId
When implemented in a derived class, gets a unique identifier for this Attribute.
(Inherited from Attribute.)
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Remarks

If a method is associative, a user can annotate it with this attribute. This enables DryadLINQ to perform the "combiner" optimization.
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