Java API's

core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/Accumulators.scala

@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ GrowableAccumulableParam[R <% Growable[T] with TraversableOnce[T] with Serializa
  */
 class Accumulator[T](@transient initialValue: T, param: AccumulatorParam[T], name: Option[String],
     display: Boolean) extends Accumulable[T,T](initialValue, param, name, display) {
-  def this(initialValue: T, param: AccumulatorParam[T]) = this(initialValue, param, None, true)
+  def this(initialValue: T, param: AccumulatorParam[T]) = this(initialValue, param, None, false)
 }
 
 /**

core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala

@@ -775,6 +775,16 @@ class SparkContext(config: SparkConf) extends Logging {
   def accumulable[T, R](initialValue: T)(implicit param: AccumulableParam[T, R]) =
     new Accumulable(initialValue, param)
 
+  /**
+   * Create an [[org.apache.spark.Accumulable]] shared variable, with a name for display in the
+   * Spark UI. Tasks can add values to the accumuable using the `+=` operator. Only the driver can
+   * access the accumuable's `value`.
+   * @tparam T accumulator type
+   * @tparam R type that can be added to the accumulator
+   */
+  def accumulable[T, R](initialValue: T, name: String)(implicit param: AccumulableParam[T, R]) =
+    new Accumulable(initialValue, param, Some(name), true)
+
   /**
    * Create an accumulator from a "mutable collection" type.
    *

core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/java/JavaSparkContext.scala

@@ -414,40 +414,99 @@ class JavaSparkContext(val sc: SparkContext) extends JavaSparkContextVarargsWork
   def intAccumulator(initialValue: Int): Accumulator[java.lang.Integer] =
     sc.accumulator(initialValue)(IntAccumulatorParam).asInstanceOf[Accumulator[java.lang.Integer]]
 
+  /**
+   * Create an [[org.apache.spark.Accumulator]] integer variable, which tasks can "add" values
+   * to using the `add` method. Only the master can access the accumulator's `value`.
+   *
+   * This version supports naming the accumulator for display in Spark's web UI.
+   */
+  def intAccumulator(initialValue: Int, name: String): Accumulator[java.lang.Integer] =
+    sc.accumulator(initialValue, name)(IntAccumulatorParam)
+      .asInstanceOf[Accumulator[java.lang.Integer]]
+
   /**
    * Create an [[org.apache.spark.Accumulator]] double variable, which tasks can "add" values
    * to using the `add` method. Only the master can access the accumulator's `value`.
    */
   def doubleAccumulator(initialValue: Double): Accumulator[java.lang.Double] =
     sc.accumulator(initialValue)(DoubleAccumulatorParam).asInstanceOf[Accumulator[java.lang.Double]]
 
+  /**
+   * Create an [[org.apache.spark.Accumulator]] double variable, which tasks can "add" values
+   * to using the `add` method. Only the master can access the accumulator's `value`.
+   *
+   * This version supports naming the accumulator for display in Spark's web UI.
+   */
+  def doubleAccumulator(initialValue: Double, name: String): Accumulator[java.lang.Double] =
+    sc.accumulator(initialValue, name)(DoubleAccumulatorParam)
+      .asInstanceOf[Accumulator[java.lang.Double]]
+
   /**
    * Create an [[org.apache.spark.Accumulator]] integer variable, which tasks can "add" values
    * to using the `add` method. Only the master can access the accumulator's `value`.
    */
   def accumulator(initialValue: Int): Accumulator[java.lang.Integer] = intAccumulator(initialValue)
 
+  /**
+   * Create an [[org.apache.spark.Accumulator]] integer variable, which tasks can "add" values
+   * to using the `add` method. Only the master can access the accumulator's `value`.
+   *
+   * This version supports naming the accumulator for display in Spark's web UI.
+   */
+  def accumulator(initialValue: Int, name: String): Accumulator[java.lang.Integer] =
+    intAccumulator(initialValue, name)
+
   /**
    * Create an [[org.apache.spark.Accumulator]] double variable, which tasks can "add" values
    * to using the `add` method. Only the master can access the accumulator's `value`.
    */
   def accumulator(initialValue: Double): Accumulator[java.lang.Double] =
     doubleAccumulator(initialValue)
 
+
+  /**
+   * Create an [[org.apache.spark.Accumulator]] double variable, which tasks can "add" values
+   * to using the `add` method. Only the master can access the accumulator's `value`.
+   *
+   * This version supports naming the accumulator for display in Spark's web UI.
+   */
+  def accumulator(initialValue: Double, name: String): Accumulator[java.lang.Double] =
+    doubleAccumulator(initialValue, name)
+
   /**
    * Create an [[org.apache.spark.Accumulator]] variable of a given type, which tasks can "add"
    * values to using the `add` method. Only the master can access the accumulator's `value`.
    */
   def accumulator[T](initialValue: T, accumulatorParam: AccumulatorParam[T]): Accumulator[T] =
     sc.accumulator(initialValue)(accumulatorParam)
 
+  /**
+   * Create an [[org.apache.spark.Accumulator]] variable of a given type, which tasks can "add"
+   * values to using the `add` method. Only the master can access the accumulator's `value`.
+   *
+   * This version supports naming the accumulator for display in Spark's web UI.
+   */
+  def accumulator[T](initialValue: T, name: String, accumulatorParam: AccumulatorParam[T])
+      : Accumulator[T] =
+    sc.accumulator(initialValue, name)(accumulatorParam)
+
   /**
    * Create an [[org.apache.spark.Accumulable]] shared variable of the given type, to which tasks
    * can "add" values with `add`. Only the master can access the accumuable's `value`.
    */
   def accumulable[T, R](initialValue: T, param: AccumulableParam[T, R]): Accumulable[T, R] =
     sc.accumulable(initialValue)(param)
 
+  /**
+   * Create an [[org.apache.spark.Accumulable]] shared variable of the given type, to which tasks
+   * can "add" values with `add`. Only the master can access the accumuable's `value`.
+   *
+   * This version supports naming the accumulator for display in Spark's web UI.
+   */
+  def accumulable[T, R](initialValue: T, name: String, param: AccumulableParam[T, R])
+      : Accumulable[T, R] =
+    sc.accumulable(initialValue, name)(param)
+
   /**
    * Broadcast a read-only variable to the cluster, returning a
    * [[org.apache.spark.broadcast.Broadcast]] object for reading it in distributed functions.