The name of the channel.
Return a string representation of the channel's current state.
Mark the current value of the channel as consumed. By default, no-op. A channel can use this method to modify its state, preventing the value from being consumed again.
Returns True if the channel was updated, False otherwise.
Notify the channel that the Pregel run is finishing. By default, no-op. A channel can use this method to modify its state, preventing finish.
Returns True if the channel was updated, False otherwise.
Return a new identical channel, optionally initialized from a checkpoint. Can be thought of as a "restoration" from a checkpoint which is a "snapshot" of the channel's state.
Optionalcheckpoint: [Value, boolean]Return the current value of the channel.
Return True if the channel is available (not empty), False otherwise. Subclasses should override this method to provide a more efficient implementation than calling get() and catching EmptyChannelError.
Update the channel's value with the given sequence of updates. The order of the updates in the sequence is arbitrary. This method is called by Pregel for all channels at the end of each step. If there are no updates, it is called with an empty sequence.
Raises InvalidUpdateError if the sequence of updates is invalid. Returns True if the channel was updated, False otherwise.
Stores the last value received, but only made available after finish(). Once made available, clears the value.