How to get SSSP actual path by apache spark graphX?

Question

I have ran the single source shortest path (SSSP) example on spark site as follows:

graphx-SSSP pregel example

Code(scala):

object Pregel_SSSP {
def main(args: Array[String]) {
val sc = new SparkContext("local", "Allen Pregel Test", System.getenv("SPARK_HOME"), SparkContext.jarOfClass(this.getClass))
// A graph with edge attributes containing distances
val graph: Graph[Int, Double] =
  GraphGenerators.logNormalGraph(sc, numVertices = 5).mapEdges(e => e.attr.toDouble)
graph.edges.foreach(println)
val sourceId: VertexId = 0 // The ultimate source

// Initialize the graph such that all vertices except the root have distance infinity.
val initialGraph = graph.mapVertices((id, _) => if (id == sourceId) 0.0 else Double.PositiveInfinity)

val sssp = initialGraph.pregel(Double.PositiveInfinity, Int.MaxValue, EdgeDirection.Out)(

  // Vertex Program
  (id, dist, newDist) => math.min(dist, newDist),

  // Send Message
  triplet => {
    if (triplet.srcAttr + triplet.attr < triplet.dstAttr) {
      Iterator((triplet.dstId, triplet.srcAttr + triplet.attr))
    } else {
      Iterator.empty
    }
  },
  //Merge Message
  (a, b) => math.min(a, b))
println(sssp.vertices.collect.mkString("\n"))
 } 
}

sourceId: 0
Get the result:
(0,0.0)
(4,2.0)
(2,1.0)
(3,1.0)
(1,2.0)

But I need actual path like as follows:
=>
0 -> 0,0
0 -> 2,1
0 -> 3,1
0 -> 2 -> 4,2
0 -> 3 -> 1,2

How to get SSSP actual path by spark graphX?
anybody give me some hint?
Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

You have to modify algorithm in order to store not only shortest path length but also actual path. So instead of storing Double as property of vertex you should store tuple: (Double, List[VertexId]) Maybe this code can be useful for you.

object Pregel_SSSP {
  def main(args: Array[String]) {
    val sc = new SparkContext("local", "Allen Pregel Test", System.getenv("SPARK_HOME"), SparkContext.jarOfClass(this.getClass))
    // A graph with edge attributes containing distances
    val graph: Graph[Int, Double] =
      GraphGenerators.logNormalGraph(sc, numVertices = 5).mapEdges(e => e.attr.toDouble)
    graph.edges.foreach(println)
    val sourceId: VertexId = 0 // The ultimate source

    // Initialize the graph such that all vertices except the root have distance infinity.
    val initialGraph : Graph[(Double, List[VertexId]), Double] = graph.mapVertices((id, _) => if (id == sourceId) (0.0, List[VertexId](sourceId)) else (Double.PositiveInfinity, List[VertexId]()))

    val sssp = initialGraph.pregel((Double.PositiveInfinity, List[VertexId]()), Int.MaxValue, EdgeDirection.Out)(

      // Vertex Program
      (id, dist, newDist) => if (dist._1 < newDist._1) dist else newDist, 

      // Send Message
      triplet => {
        if (triplet.srcAttr._1 < triplet.dstAttr._1 - triplet.attr ) {
          Iterator((triplet.dstId, (triplet.srcAttr._1 + triplet.attr , triplet.srcAttr._2 :+ triplet.dstId)))
        } else {
          Iterator.empty
        }
      },
      //Merge Message
      (a, b) => if (a._1 < b._1) a else b)
    println(sssp.vertices.collect.mkString("\n"))
  }
}