How to filter on Apache Edgent and also show the values which were filtered? - apache-edgent

Question

I am using Apache Edgent (Java framework) to poll values from a HCSR04 ultrasonic sensor on a Raspberry Pi every 3 seconds. I use a filter to not get values from 50cm to 80cm.
UltrasonicStream sensor = new UltrasonicStream();
DirectProvider dp = new DirectProvider();
Topology topology = dp.newTopology();
TStream<Double> tempReadings = topology.poll(sensor, 3, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
TStream<Double> filteredReadings = tempReadings.filter(reading -> reading < 50 || reading > 80);
System.out.println("filter added: tempReadings.filter(reading -> reading < 50 || reading > 80);");
filteredReadings.print();
dp.submit(topology);
I want to show some message when the values are filtered. When the values do not match with my filter I can poll them, but when they match I am not returning, that is ok. However, I want just to show that a value was filtered using Apache Edgent libraries. I know that I can do something on the public double get() method, but I wonder if I could do this trick with some method of the Apache Edgent.
public class UltrasonicStream implements Supplier {
private static final long serialVersionUID = -6511218542753341056L;
private static GpioPinDigitalOutput sensorTriggerPin;
private static GpioPinDigitalInput sensorEchoPin;
private static final GpioController gpio = GpioFactory.getInstance();
private double currentDistance = -1.0;
/**
* The HCSR04 Ultrasonic sensor is connected on the physical pin 16 and 18 which
* correspond to the GPIO 04 and 05 of the WiringPi library.
*/
public UltrasonicStream() {
// Trigger pin as OUTPUT
sensorTriggerPin = gpio.provisionDigitalOutputPin(RaspiPin.GPIO_04);
// Echo pin as INPUT
sensorEchoPin = gpio.provisionDigitalInputPin(RaspiPin.GPIO_05, PinPullResistance.PULL_DOWN);
}
/**
* This is the override method of the Supplier interface from Apache Edgent
*/
#Override
public Double get() {
try {
System.out.print("Distance in centimeters: ");
currentDistance = getDistance();
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
return currentDistance;
}
/**
* Retrieve the distance measured by the HCSR04 Ultrasonic sensor connected on a
* Raspberry Pi 3+B
*
* #return the distance in centimeters
* #throws InterruptedException
*/
public double getDistance() throws InterruptedException {
double distanceCM = -1;
try {
// Thread.sleep(2000);
sensorTriggerPin.high(); // Make trigger pin HIGH
Thread.sleep((long) 0.01);// Delay for 10 microseconds
sensorTriggerPin.low(); // Make trigger pin LOW
// Wait until the ECHO pin gets HIGH
while (sensorEchoPin.isLow()) {
}
// Store the current time to calculate ECHO pin HIGH time.
long startTime = System.nanoTime();
// Wait until the ECHO pin gets LOW
while (sensorEchoPin.isHigh()) {
}
// Store the echo pin HIGH end time to calculate ECHO pin HIGH time.
long endTime = System.nanoTime();
distanceCM = ((((endTime - startTime) / 1e3) / 2) / 29.1);
// Printing out the distance in centimeters
// System.out.println("Distance: " + distanceCM + " centimeters");
return distanceCM;
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return distanceCM;
}
}

Answer 1

You can use TStream.split() to create two streams: one whose tuples match your filter predicate and one for those that don't. You can then do whatever you want with either stream. e.g. TStream.peek(t -> System.out.println("excluded: " + t)), or TStream.print(...)

Answer 2

I implemented like this:
UltrasonicStream sensor = new UltrasonicStream();
DirectProvider dp = new DirectProvider();
Topology topology = dp.newTopology();
TStream<Double> tempReadings = topology.poll(sensor, 3, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
TStream<Double> filteredReadings = tempReadings.filter(reading -> {
boolean threshold = reading < 20 || reading > 80;
if (!threshold) {
System.out.println(String.format("Threshold reached: %s cm", reading));
}
return threshold;
});
filteredReadings.print();
dp.submit(topology);