SPARK-1344 [DOCS] Scala API docs for top methods

Use "k" in javadoc of top and takeOrdered to avoid confusion with type K in pair RDDs. I think this resolves the discussion in SPARK-1344.

Author: Sean Owen <[email protected]>

Closes #3168 from srowen/SPARK-1344 and squashes the following commits:

6963fcc [Sean Owen] Use "k" in javadoc of top and takeOrdered to avoid confusion with type K in pair RDDs

(cherry picked from commit d136265)
Signed-off-by: Patrick Wendell <[email protected]>

Author: srowen

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

@@ -493,9 +493,9 @@ trait JavaRDDLike[T, This <: JavaRDDLike[T, This]] extends Serializable {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Returns the top K elements from this RDD as defined by
+   * Returns the top k (largest) elements from this RDD as defined by
    * the specified Comparator[T].
-   * @param num the number of top elements to return
+   * @param num k, the number of top elements to return
    * @param comp the comparator that defines the order
    * @return an array of top elements
    */
@@ -507,9 +507,9 @@ trait JavaRDDLike[T, This <: JavaRDDLike[T, This]] extends Serializable {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Returns the top K elements from this RDD using the
+   * Returns the top k (largest) elements from this RDD using the
    * natural ordering for T.
-   * @param num the number of top elements to return
+   * @param num k, the number of top elements to return
    * @return an array of top elements
    */
   def top(num: Int): JList[T] = {
@@ -518,9 +518,9 @@ trait JavaRDDLike[T, This <: JavaRDDLike[T, This]] extends Serializable {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Returns the first K elements from this RDD as defined by
+   * Returns the first k (smallest) elements from this RDD as defined by
    * the specified Comparator[T] and maintains the order.
-   * @param num the number of top elements to return
+   * @param num k, the number of elements to return
    * @param comp the comparator that defines the order
    * @return an array of top elements
    */
@@ -552,9 +552,9 @@ trait JavaRDDLike[T, This <: JavaRDDLike[T, This]] extends Serializable {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Returns the first K elements from this RDD using the
+   * Returns the first k (smallest) elements from this RDD using the
    * natural ordering for T while maintain the order.
-   * @param num the number of top elements to return
+   * @param num k, the number of top elements to return
    * @return an array of top elements
    */
   def takeOrdered(num: Int): JList[T] = {

core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/RDD.scala

@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ abstract class RDD[T: ClassTag](
   }
 
   /**
-   * Returns the top K (largest) elements from this RDD as defined by the specified
+   * Returns the top k (largest) elements from this RDD as defined by the specified
    * implicit Ordering[T]. This does the opposite of [[takeOrdered]]. For example:
    * {{{
    *   sc.parallelize(Seq(10, 4, 2, 12, 3)).top(1)
@@ -1106,14 +1106,14 @@ abstract class RDD[T: ClassTag](
    *   // returns Array(6, 5)
    * }}}
    *
-   * @param num the number of top elements to return
+   * @param num k, the number of top elements to return
    * @param ord the implicit ordering for T
    * @return an array of top elements
    */
   def top(num: Int)(implicit ord: Ordering[T]): Array[T] = takeOrdered(num)(ord.reverse)
 
   /**
-   * Returns the first K (smallest) elements from this RDD as defined by the specified
+   * Returns the first k (smallest) elements from this RDD as defined by the specified
    * implicit Ordering[T] and maintains the ordering. This does the opposite of [[top]].
    * For example:
    * {{{
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ abstract class RDD[T: ClassTag](
    *   // returns Array(2, 3)
    * }}}
    *
-   * @param num the number of top elements to return
+   * @param num k, the number of elements to return
    * @param ord the implicit ordering for T
    * @return an array of top elements
    */