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# Resource Management
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Resource allocation and management components for negotiating and monitoring YARN cluster resources for Spark executors. These components handle the complex interactions with YARN's ResourceManager to obtain, monitor, and release container resources.
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## Capabilities
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### YarnRMClient Interface
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Core interface for ResourceManager client operations, providing abstraction over YARN ResourceManager interactions.
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```scala { .api }
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/**
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 * Trait defining ResourceManager client interface
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 * Provides abstraction for YARN ResourceManager communication
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 */
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trait YarnRMClient {
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  // ResourceManager connection and authentication
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  // Container resource requests and releases
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  // Application status monitoring and reporting
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  // Resource allocation callbacks and event handling
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}
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```
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**Usage Examples:**
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```scala
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import org.apache.spark.deploy.yarn.YarnRMClient
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// YarnRMClient implementations are version-specific
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// Created internally by ApplicationMaster and Client components
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val rmClient: YarnRMClient = // Implementation instance
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// Used for ResourceManager communication throughout application lifecycle
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```
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### YarnRMClientImpl
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Version-specific implementations of the YarnRMClient trait for different Hadoop YARN API versions.
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```scala { .api }
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 * Available in both alpha (deprecated) and stable modules
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class YarnRMClientImpl(args: ApplicationMasterArguments) extends YarnRMClient {
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   * Register ApplicationMaster with ResourceManager
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  def register(host: String, port: Int, trackingUrl: String): RegisterApplicationMasterResponse
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   * Allocate resources from ResourceManager
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### YarnAllocator
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Abstract base class providing core resource allocation logic for YARN containers.
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```scala { .api }
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 * Abstract base class for YARN resource allocation logic
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 * Manages executor container requests and lifecycle
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private[yarn] abstract class YarnAllocator(
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  /** Abstract method to allocate containers from ResourceManager */
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  protected def allocateContainers(resourceRequests: JList[ResourceRequest]): Unit
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  def killExecutor(executorId: String): Unit
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  def allocateResources(): Unit
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**Usage Examples:**
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```scala
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import org.apache.spark.deploy.yarn.YarnAllocator
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// YarnAllocator is extended by version-specific implementations
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// - Requesting executor containers from ResourceManager
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### AllocationType Enumeration
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Enumeration defining allocation strategies for YARN resource requests.
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```scala { .api }
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### YarnAllocationHandler
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Version-specific resource allocation implementations that extend the base YarnAllocator functionality.
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### AllocationType Enumeration
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Enumeration defining different types of YARN resource allocations.
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## Resource Allocation Workflow
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### Container Request Process
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### Resource Requirements Calculation
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class YarnAllocator {
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## Container Lifecycle Management
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### Executor Container Launch
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## Resource Optimization Strategies
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### Dynamic Resource Adjustment
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## Configuration Integration
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## Error Handling and Recovery
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These metrics enable optimization of resource allocation strategies and troubleshooting of cluster resource issues.