SparkContext.GetOrCreate(SparkConf) Method
Definition
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This function may be used to get or instantiate a SparkContext and register it as a singleton object. Because we can only have one active SparkContext per JVM, this is useful when applications may wish to share a SparkContext.
public static Microsoft.Spark.SparkContext GetOrCreate (Microsoft.Spark.SparkConf conf);static member GetOrCreate : Microsoft.Spark.SparkConf -> Microsoft.Spark.SparkContextPublic Shared Function GetOrCreate (conf As SparkConf) As SparkContextParameters
Returns
Current SparkContext (or a new one if it wasn't created before the function call)