[QUESTION] Output count = 0 when the last event leaves snapshot window

[wassim-k]

Hi, I have the following code and I couldn't figure out how I could get Trill to output a 0 when the last event leaves the snapshot window. I tried OutputDefaultWhenEmpty with no success.

It seems like the Aggregate's Deaccumulate is not being invoked. Is there anyway to accomplish this?

public record Payload(string Name, string GroupId, int Delay);

public void Run()
{
    var array = new Payload[]
    {
        new Payload(Name: "A", GroupId: "GA", Delay: 500),
        new Payload(Name: "B", GroupId: "GA", Delay: 500),
        new Payload(Name: "C", GroupId: "GA", Delay: 500)
    };

    var ingress = array
        .ToObservable()
        .Select(b => Observable.Timer(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(b.Delay)).Select(_ => b))
        .Concat()
        .Timestamp()
        .Select(e => StreamEvent.CreatePoint(e.Timestamp.Ticks, e.Value))
        .ToStreamable(
            DisorderPolicy.Throw(),
            FlushPolicy.FlushOnPunctuation,
            PeriodicPunctuationPolicy.Time((ulong)TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(200).Ticks),
            OnCompletedPolicy.EndOfStream);

    ingress
        .AlterEventDuration(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3).Ticks)
        .Aggregate(w => w.Count().OutputDefaultWhenEmpty())
        .AlterEventDuration(1)
        .ToStreamEventObservable()
        .Where(e => e.IsData)
        .Subscribe(e => Console.WriteLine(e));
}

Output

[Interval: ..., 1]
[Interval: ..., 2]
[Interval: ..., 3]
[Interval: ..., 2]
[Interval: ..., 1]

[Peter]

Generally Trill will not output anything when there are no events. However, the previous result has an expiration, so the absence of an event can be meaningful as well. You can also ingress dummy events (one per window) to force the output.
Further, Deaccumulate is called on End Edges, but intervals are handled with Difference. I'd recommend using a snapshot window macro (e.g., TumblingWindowLifetime.

[wassim-k]

For future reference, I was able to solve this using the following:

stream
    .Count()
    .Multicast(count => count
    .Union(count
        .Select(i => 0ul)
        .Stitch()
        .PointAtEnd())