{"id":19305,"date":"2018-06-29T04:18:02","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T04:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/?p=19305"},"modified":"2021-05-12T11:09:08","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T05:39:08","slug":"pyspark-serializers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/pyspark-serializers\/","title":{"rendered":"PySpark Serializers and Its Types – Marshal & Pickle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, in this PySpark<\/strong> article, “PySpark Serializers and its Types” we will discuss the whole concept of PySpark Serializers. Moreover, there are two types of serializers that PySpark supports –\u00a0MarshalSerializer and PickleSerializer, we will also learn them in detail.<\/p>\n

So, let’s begin PySpark Serializers.<\/p>\n

What is PySpark Serializers?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Basically, for performance tuning on Apache Spark<\/strong>, Serialization is used. However, all that data which is sent over the network or written to the disk or also which is persisted in the memory must be serialized. In addition, we can say, in costly operations, serialization plays an important role.<\/span><\/p>\n

Types of PySpark Serializers<\/span><\/h2>\n

However, for performance tuning, PySpark supports custom serializers.\u00a0So, here are the two serializers which are supported by PySpark, such as \u2212<\/span><\/p>\n

    \n
  • MarshalSerializer<\/li>\n
  • PickleSerializer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    So, let’s understand types of PySpark Serializers in detail.<\/p>\n

    MarshalSerializer<\/h2>\n

    By using PySpark Marshal Serializer, it Serializes Objects. On comparing with PickleSerializer, this serializer of PySpark is faster. However, it supports fewer datatypes.<\/span><\/p>\n

    class MarshalSerializer(FramedSerializer):\r\n     \"\"\"\r\n      http:\/\/docs.python.org\/2\/library\/marshal.html\r\n     \"\"\"\r\n    dumps = marshal.dumps\r\n    loads = marshal.loads<\/pre>\n
    i. Instance Methods<\/h3>\n
    Inherited from FramedSerializer: __init__, dump_stream, load_stream\r\nInherited from Serializer: __eq__, __ne__\r\nInherited from object: __delattr__, __format__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __repr__, __setattr__, __sizeof__, __str__, __subclasshook__<\/pre>\n
    ii. Class Variables<\/h3>\n
    dumps = marshal.dumps<\/pre>\n
    Generally, it Serializes an object into a byte array.<\/p>\n
    loads = marshal.loads<\/pre>\n
    Whereas, it Deserialize an object from a byte array.<\/p>\n
    PickleSerializer<\/h2>\n
    By using PySpark’s Pickle Serializer, it Serializes Objects. However, its best feature is its\u00a0supports nearly any Python object<\/strong>,\u00a0although\u00a0it is not as fast as more specialized serializers.<\/span><\/p>\n
    class PickleSerializer(FramedSerializer):\r\n     \"\"\"\r\n         http:\/\/docs.python.org\/2\/library\/pickle.html\r\n     \"\"\"\r\n-    def dumps(self, obj):\r\n         return cPickle.dumps(obj, 2)\r\n     loads = cPickle.loads<\/pre>\n
    i. Instance Methods<\/h3>\n
    dumps(self, obj)<\/pre>\n
    It Serializes an object into a byte array. However,\u00a0this will be called with an array of objects, when batching is used.<\/p>\n
    Inherited from FramedSerializer: __init__, dump_stream, load_streamInherited from Serializer: __eq__, __ne__\r\nInherited from object: __delattr__, __format__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __repr__, __setattr__, __sizeof__, __str__, __subclasshook__<\/pre>\n
    ii. Class Variables<\/h3>\n
    loads = cPickle.loads<\/pre>\n
    Basically, it deserializes an object from a byte array.
    \nSo, this is all about PySpark Serializers. Hope you like our explanation.<\/p>\n
    Conclusion<\/h2>\n
    Hence, we have covered all about PySpark Serializers in this article. Also, we have learned about both the types, Marshal and Pickle Serializers which are supported in PySpark, along with their codes.<\/p>\n
    Still, if any doubt occurs regarding PySpark Serializers, feel free to ask in the comment section. We will definitely get back to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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