sparkstreaming实时任务加载模型，抛出java.util.NoSuchElementException: next on empty iterator异常解决方法

在使用sparkStreaming任务实时加载机器学习CTR模型并做实时预测时，调用transform方法抛出java.util.NoSuchElementException: next on empty iterator异常。

		...
		//加载模型
        val model =PipelineModel.load("/user/hdfs/model/LRmodel")
        dataStream.foreachRDD(rdd => {
        	val sqlContext = SQLContext.getOrCreate(rdd.sparkContext)
            import sqlContext.implicits._
            val dataFrame = rdd.toDF()
            val prediction = model.transform(dataFrame)
            ...
        })

任务运行后，抛出异常

ERROR JobScheduler JobScheduler: Error running job streaming job 
java.util.NoSuchElementException: next on empty iterator
	at scala.collection.Iterator$$anon$2.next(Iterator.scala:39)
	at scala.collection.Iterator$$anon$2.next(Iterator.scala:37)
	at scala.collection.IndexedSeqLike$Elements.next(IndexedSeqLike.scala:63)
	at scala.collection.IterableLike$class.head(IterableLike.scala:107)
	at scala.collection.mutable.ArrayOps$ofRef.scala$collection$IndexedSeqOptimized$$super$head(ArrayOps.scala:186)
	at scala.collection.IndexedSeqOptimized$class.head(IndexedSeqOptimized.scala:126)
	at scala.collection.mutable.ArrayOps$ofRef.head(ArrayOps.scala:186)
	at org.apache.spark.sql.Dataset.head(Dataset.scala:2502)
	at org.apache.spark.sql.Dataset.first(Dataset.scala:2509)
	at org.apache.spark.ml.feature.VectorAssembler.first$lzycompute$1(VectorAssembler.scala:57)
	at org.apache.spark.ml.feature.VectorAssembler.org$apache$spark$ml$feature$VectorAssembler$$first$1(VectorAssembler.scala:57)
	at org.apache.spark.ml.feature.VectorAssembler$$anonfun$2$$anonfun$1.apply$mcI$sp(VectorAssembler.scala:88)
	at org.apache.spark.ml.feature.VectorAssembler$$anonfun$2$$anonfun$1.apply(VectorAssembler.scala:88)
	at org.apache.spark.ml.feature.VectorAssembler$$anonfun$2$$anonfun$1.apply(VectorAssembler.scala:88)
	at scala.Option.getOrElse(Option.scala:121)
	at org.apache.spark.ml.feature.VectorAssembler$$anonfun$2.apply(VectorAssembler.scala:88)
	at org.apache.spark.ml.feature.VectorAssembler$$anonfun$2.apply(VectorAssembler.scala:58)
	at scala.collection.TraversableLike$$anonfun$flatMap$1.apply(TraversableLike.scala:241)
	at scala.collection.TraversableLike$$anonfun$flatMap$1.apply(TraversableLike.scala:241)
	at scala.collection.IndexedSeqOptimized$class.foreach(IndexedSeqOptimized.scala:33)
	at scala.collection.mutable.ArrayOps$ofRef.foreach(ArrayOps.scala:186)
	at scala.collection.TraversableLike$class.flatMap(TraversableLike.scala:241)
	at scala.collection.mutable.ArrayOps$ofRef.flatMap(ArrayOps.scala:186)
	at org.apache.spark.ml.feature.VectorAssembler.transform(VectorAssembler.scala:58)
	at org.apache.spark.ml.PipelineModel$$anonfun$transform$1.apply(Pipeline.scala:306)
	at org.apache.spark.ml.PipelineModel$$anonfun$transform$1.apply(Pipeline.scala:306)
	at scala.collection.IndexedSeqOptimized$class.foldl(IndexedSeqOptimized.scala:57)
	at scala.collection.IndexedSeqOptimized$class.foldLeft(IndexedSeqOptimized.scala:66)
	at scala.collection.mutable.ArrayOps$ofRef.foldLeft(ArrayOps.scala:186)
	at org.apache.spark.ml.PipelineModel.transform(Pipeline.scala:306)

首先定位到问题出现在org.apache.spark.ml.feature.VectorAssembler.first方法，可是我们之前的模型也调用过该方法，并没有报错，所以查看该方法的源码，发现first方法是lazy方法，只有当真正调用时才被加载。

而只有当入参dataSet的字段类型存在Vector且非自定义时才会加载DataSet.first方法，而恰好本次我们传入的字段中有一个特征的类型为Vector。

进一步分析，first方法抛出next on empty iterator表示入参dataSet为空， 而我们使用的是实时任务加载模型，所以会存在数据流为空情况，那么dataframe也就为空了，所以问题就迎刃而解了，只需当dataframe不为空时再调用transform预测即可避免该异常了。

		...
		//加载模型
        val model =PipelineModel.load("/user/hdfs/model/LRmodel")
        dataStream.foreachRDD(rdd => {
        	val sqlContext = SQLContext.getOrCreate(rdd.sparkContext)
            import sqlContext.implicits._
            val dataFrame = rdd.toDF()
            if(dataFrame.collect().length > 0){
            	val prediction = model.transform(dataFrame)
           		...
            }
            val prediction = model.transform(dataFrame)
            ...
        })

附VectorAssembler.transform部分源码

@Since("2.0.0")
  override def transform(dataset: Dataset[_]): DataFrame = {
    transformSchema(dataset.schema, logging = true)
    // Schema transformation.
    val schema = dataset.schema
    lazy val first = dataset.toDF.first()
    val attrs = $(inputCols).flatMap { c =>
      val field = schema(c)
      val index = schema.fieldIndex(c)
      field.dataType match {
        case DoubleType =>
          val attr = Attribute.fromStructField(field)
          // If the input column doesn't have ML attribute, assume numeric.
          if (attr == UnresolvedAttribute) {
            Some(NumericAttribute.defaultAttr.withName(c))
          } else {
            Some(attr.withName(c))
          }
        case _: NumericType | BooleanType =>
          // If the input column type is a compatible scalar type, assume numeric.
          Some(NumericAttribute.defaultAttr.withName(c))
        case _: VectorUDT =>
          val group = AttributeGroup.fromStructField(field)
          if (group.attributes.isDefined) {
            // If attributes are defined, copy them with updated names.
            group.attributes.get.zipWithIndex.map { case (attr, i) =>
              if (attr.name.isDefined) {
                // TODO: Define a rigorous naming scheme.
                attr.withName(c + "_" + attr.name.get)
              } else {
                attr.withName(c + "_" + i)
              }
            }
          } else {
            // Otherwise, treat all attributes as numeric. If we cannot get the number of attributes
            // from metadata, check the first row.
            val numAttrs = group.numAttributes.getOrElse(first.getAs[Vector](index).size)
            Array.tabulate(numAttrs)(i => NumericAttribute.defaultAttr.withName(c + "_" + i))
          }
        case otherType =>
          throw new SparkException(s"VectorAssembler does not support the $otherType type")
      }
    }
    val metadata = new AttributeGroup($(outputCol), attrs).toMetadata()

    // Data transformation.
    val assembleFunc = udf { r: Row =>
      VectorAssembler.assemble(r.toSeq: _*)
    }.asNondeterministic()
    val args = $(inputCols).map { c =>
      schema(c).dataType match {
        case DoubleType => dataset(c)
        case _: VectorUDT => dataset(c)
        case _: NumericType | BooleanType => dataset(c).cast(DoubleType).as(s"${c}_double_$uid")
      }
    }

    dataset.select(col("*"), assembleFunc(struct(args: _*)).as($(outputCol), metadata))
  }