Add delete support to Hoodie (#85)

hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/index/HBaseIndex.java

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package com.uber.hoodie.index;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Optional;
-import com.uber.hoodie.common.table.HoodieTableMetaClient;
 import com.uber.hoodie.common.table.HoodieTimeline;
 import com.uber.hoodie.common.table.timeline.HoodieInstant;
 import com.uber.hoodie.config.HoodieWriteConfig;
@@ -180,21 +179,29 @@ public class HBaseIndex<T extends HoodieRecordPayload> extends HoodieIndex<T> {
                 while (statusIterator.hasNext()) {
                     WriteStatus writeStatus = statusIterator.next();
                     List<Put> puts = new ArrayList<>();
+                    List<Delete> deletes = new ArrayList<>();
                     try {
                         for (HoodieRecord rec : writeStatus.getWrittenRecords()) {
                             if (!writeStatus.isErrored(rec.getKey())) {
-                                Put put = new Put(Bytes.toBytes(rec.getRecordKey()));
+                                java.util.Optional<HoodieRecordLocation> loc = rec.getNewLocation();
-                                HoodieRecordLocation loc = rec.getNewLocation();
+                                if(loc.isPresent()) {
-                                put.addColumn(SYSTEM_COLUMN_FAMILY, COMMIT_TS_COLUMN,
+                                    Put put = new Put(Bytes.toBytes(rec.getRecordKey()));
-                                    Bytes.toBytes(loc.getCommitTime()));
+                                    put.addColumn(SYSTEM_COLUMN_FAMILY, COMMIT_TS_COLUMN,
-                                put.addColumn(SYSTEM_COLUMN_FAMILY, FILE_NAME_COLUMN,
+                                            Bytes.toBytes(loc.get().getCommitTime()));
-                                    Bytes.toBytes(loc.getFileId()));
+                                    put.addColumn(SYSTEM_COLUMN_FAMILY, FILE_NAME_COLUMN,
-                                put.addColumn(SYSTEM_COLUMN_FAMILY, PARTITION_PATH_COLUMN,
+                                            Bytes.toBytes(loc.get().getFileId()));
-                                    Bytes.toBytes(rec.getPartitionPath()));
+                                    put.addColumn(SYSTEM_COLUMN_FAMILY, PARTITION_PATH_COLUMN,
-                                puts.add(put);
+                                            Bytes.toBytes(rec.getPartitionPath()));
+                                    puts.add(put);
+                                } else {
+                                    //Delete existing index for a deleted record
+                                    Delete delete = new Delete(Bytes.toBytes(rec.getRecordKey()));
+                                    deletes.add(delete);
+                                }
                             }
                         }
                         hTable.put(puts);
+                        hTable.delete(deletes);
                         hTable.flushCommits();
                     } catch (Exception e) {
                         Exception we = new Exception("Error updating index for " + writeStatus, e);

hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/index/InMemoryHashIndex.java

@@ -41,9 +41,8 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 
 /**
  * Hoodie Index implementation backed by an in-memory Hash map.
- *
+ * <p>
  * ONLY USE FOR LOCAL TESTING
- *
  */
 public class InMemoryHashIndex<T extends HoodieRecordPayload> extends HoodieIndex<T> {
 
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ public class InMemoryHashIndex<T extends HoodieRecordPayload> extends HoodieInde
 
     @Override
     public JavaPairRDD<HoodieKey, Optional<String>> fetchRecordLocation(
-        JavaRDD<HoodieKey> hoodieKeys, final HoodieTable<T> hoodieTable) {
+            JavaRDD<HoodieKey> hoodieKeys, final HoodieTable<T> hoodieTable) {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("InMemory index does not implement check exist yet");
     }
 
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ public class InMemoryHashIndex<T extends HoodieRecordPayload> extends HoodieInde
             implements Function2<Integer, Iterator<HoodieRecord<T>>, Iterator<HoodieRecord<T>>> {
         @Override
         public Iterator<HoodieRecord<T>> call(Integer partitionNum,
-                                           Iterator<HoodieRecord<T>> hoodieRecordIterator) {
+                                              Iterator<HoodieRecord<T>> hoodieRecordIterator) {
             List<HoodieRecord<T>> taggedRecords = new ArrayList<>();
             while (hoodieRecordIterator.hasNext()) {
                 HoodieRecord<T> rec = hoodieRecordIterator.next();
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ public class InMemoryHashIndex<T extends HoodieRecordPayload> extends HoodieInde
 
     @Override
     public JavaRDD<HoodieRecord<T>> tagLocation(JavaRDD<HoodieRecord<T>> recordRDD,
-                                             HoodieTable<T> hoodieTable) {
+                                                HoodieTable<T> hoodieTable) {
         return recordRDD.mapPartitionsWithIndex(this.new LocationTagFunction(), true);
     }
 
@@ -94,7 +93,14 @@ public class InMemoryHashIndex<T extends HoodieRecordPayload> extends HoodieInde
             public WriteStatus call(WriteStatus writeStatus) {
                 for (HoodieRecord record : writeStatus.getWrittenRecords()) {
                     if (!writeStatus.isErrored(record.getKey())) {
-                        recordLocationMap.put(record.getKey(), record.getNewLocation());
+                        HoodieKey key = record.getKey();
+                        java.util.Optional<HoodieRecordLocation> newLocation = record.getNewLocation();
+                        if (newLocation.isPresent()) {
+                            recordLocationMap.put(key, newLocation.get());
+                        } else {
+                            //Delete existing index for a deleted record
+                            recordLocationMap.remove(key);
+                        }
                     }
                 }
                 return writeStatus;

hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/io/HoodieAppendHandle.java

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ public class HoodieAppendHandle<T extends HoodieRecordPayload> extends HoodieIOH
     private RollingAvroLogAppender logAppender;
     private List<HoodieRecord<T>> records;
     private long recordsWritten = 0;
+    private long recordsDeleted = 0;
     private HoodieLogFile currentLogFile;
 
     public HoodieAppendHandle(HoodieWriteConfig config, String commitTime,
@@ -112,18 +113,24 @@ public class HoodieAppendHandle<T extends HoodieRecordPayload> extends HoodieIOH
 
     private Optional<IndexedRecord> getIndexedRecord(HoodieRecord<T> hoodieRecord) {
         try {
-            IndexedRecord avroRecord = hoodieRecord.getData().getInsertValue(schema);
+            Optional<IndexedRecord> avroRecord = hoodieRecord.getData().getInsertValue(schema);
-            String seqId = HoodieRecord.generateSequenceId(commitTime, TaskContext.getPartitionId(),
+
-                recordIndex.getAndIncrement());
+            if(avroRecord.isPresent()) {
-            HoodieAvroUtils
+                String seqId = HoodieRecord.generateSequenceId(commitTime, TaskContext.getPartitionId(),
-                .addHoodieKeyToRecord((GenericRecord) avroRecord, hoodieRecord.getRecordKey(),
+                        recordIndex.getAndIncrement());
-                    hoodieRecord.getPartitionPath(), fileId);
+                HoodieAvroUtils
-            HoodieAvroUtils
+                        .addHoodieKeyToRecord((GenericRecord) avroRecord.get(), hoodieRecord.getRecordKey(),
-                .addCommitMetadataToRecord((GenericRecord) avroRecord, commitTime, seqId);
+                                hoodieRecord.getPartitionPath(), fileId);
+                HoodieAvroUtils
+                        .addCommitMetadataToRecord((GenericRecord) avroRecord.get(), commitTime, seqId);
+                recordsWritten++;
+            } else {
+                recordsDeleted++;
+            }
+
             hoodieRecord.deflate();
             writeStatus.markSuccess(hoodieRecord);
-            recordsWritten++;
+            return avroRecord;
-            return Optional.of(avroRecord);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             logger.error("Error writing record  " + hoodieRecord, e);
             writeStatus.markFailure(hoodieRecord, e);
@@ -149,6 +156,7 @@ public class HoodieAppendHandle<T extends HoodieRecordPayload> extends HoodieIOH
                 logAppender.close();
             }
             writeStatus.getStat().setNumWrites(recordsWritten);
+            writeStatus.getStat().setNumDeletes(recordsDeleted);
             writeStatus.getStat().setTotalWriteErrors(writeStatus.getFailedRecords().size());
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new HoodieUpsertException("Failed to close UpdateHandle", e);

hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/io/HoodieInsertHandle.java

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.spark.TaskContext;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
 public class HoodieInsertHandle<T extends HoodieRecordPayload> extends HoodieIOHandle<T> {
@@ -42,7 +43,8 @@ public class HoodieInsertHandle<T extends HoodieRecordPayload> extends HoodieIOH
     private final WriteStatus status;
     private final HoodieStorageWriter<IndexedRecord> storageWriter;
     private final Path path;
-    private int recordsWritten = 0;
+    private long recordsWritten = 0;
+    private long recordsDeleted = 0;
 
     public HoodieInsertHandle(HoodieWriteConfig config, String commitTime,
                               HoodieTable<T> hoodieTable, String partitionPath) {
@@ -82,13 +84,19 @@ public class HoodieInsertHandle<T extends HoodieRecordPayload> extends HoodieIOH
      */
     public void write(HoodieRecord record) {
         try {
-            IndexedRecord avroRecord = record.getData().getInsertValue(schema);
+            Optional<IndexedRecord> avroRecord = record.getData().getInsertValue(schema);
-            storageWriter.writeAvroWithMetadata(avroRecord, record);
+
-            status.markSuccess(record);
+            if(avroRecord.isPresent()) {
-            // update the new location of record, so we know where to find it next
+                storageWriter.writeAvroWithMetadata(avroRecord.get(), record);
-            record.setNewLocation(new HoodieRecordLocation(commitTime, status.getFileId()));
+                // update the new location of record, so we know where to find it next
+                record.setNewLocation(new HoodieRecordLocation(commitTime, status.getFileId()));
+                recordsWritten++;
+            } else {
+                recordsDeleted++;
+            }
+
             record.deflate();
-            recordsWritten++;
+            status.markSuccess(record);
         } catch (Throwable t) {
             // Not throwing exception from here, since we don't want to fail the entire job
             // for a single record
@@ -111,6 +119,7 @@ public class HoodieInsertHandle<T extends HoodieRecordPayload> extends HoodieIOH
 
             HoodieWriteStat stat = new HoodieWriteStat();
             stat.setNumWrites(recordsWritten);
+            stat.setNumDeletes(recordsDeleted);
             stat.setPrevCommit(HoodieWriteStat.NULL_COMMIT);
             stat.setFileId(status.getFileId());
             stat.setFullPath(path.toString());

hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/io/HoodieUpdateHandle.java

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.TaskContext;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("Duplicates")
 public class HoodieUpdateHandle <T extends HoodieRecordPayload> extends HoodieIOHandle<T> {
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ public class HoodieUpdateHandle <T extends HoodieRecordPayload> extends HoodieIO
     private Path newFilePath;
     private Path oldFilePath;
     private long recordsWritten = 0;
+    private long recordsDeleted = 0;
     private long updatedRecordsWritten = 0;
     private String fileId;
 
@@ -118,13 +120,18 @@ public class HoodieUpdateHandle <T extends HoodieRecordPayload> extends HoodieIO
     }
 
 
-    private boolean writeUpdateRecord(HoodieRecord<T> hoodieRecord, IndexedRecord indexedRecord) {
+    private boolean writeUpdateRecord(HoodieRecord<T> hoodieRecord, Optional<IndexedRecord> indexedRecord) {
         try {
-            storageWriter.writeAvroWithMetadata(indexedRecord, hoodieRecord);
+            if(indexedRecord.isPresent()) {
+                storageWriter.writeAvroWithMetadata(indexedRecord.get(), hoodieRecord);
+                recordsWritten++;
+                updatedRecordsWritten++;
+            } else {
+                recordsDeleted++;
+            }
+
             hoodieRecord.deflate();
             writeStatus.markSuccess(hoodieRecord);
-            recordsWritten ++;
-            updatedRecordsWritten ++;
             return true;
         } catch (Exception e) {
             logger.error("Error writing record  "+ hoodieRecord, e);
@@ -142,8 +149,8 @@ public class HoodieUpdateHandle <T extends HoodieRecordPayload> extends HoodieIO
         boolean copyOldRecord = true;
         if (keyToNewRecords.containsKey(key)) {
             try {
-                IndexedRecord avroRecord = hoodieRecord.getData().combineAndGetUpdateValue(oldRecord, schema);
+                Optional<IndexedRecord> combinedAvroRecord = hoodieRecord.getData().combineAndGetUpdateValue(oldRecord, schema);
-                if (writeUpdateRecord(hoodieRecord, avroRecord)) {
+                if (writeUpdateRecord(hoodieRecord, combinedAvroRecord)) {
                     /* ONLY WHEN
                      * 1) we have an update for this key AND
                      * 2) We are able to successfully write the the combined new value
@@ -194,8 +201,10 @@ public class HoodieUpdateHandle <T extends HoodieRecordPayload> extends HoodieIO
             if (storageWriter != null) {
                 storageWriter.close();
             }
+
             writeStatus.getStat().setTotalWriteBytes(FSUtils.getFileSize(fs, newFilePath));
             writeStatus.getStat().setNumWrites(recordsWritten);
+            writeStatus.getStat().setNumDeletes(recordsDeleted);
             writeStatus.getStat().setNumUpdateWrites(updatedRecordsWritten);
             writeStatus.getStat().setTotalWriteErrors(writeStatus.getFailedRecords().size());
         } catch (IOException e) {

hoodie-client/src/test/java/com/uber/hoodie/TestHoodieClient.java

@@ -256,6 +256,85 @@ public class TestHoodieClient implements Serializable {
             readClient.readCommit(newCommitTime).count(),
             readClient.readSince("001").count());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDeletes() throws Exception {
+
+        HoodieWriteConfig cfg = getConfig();
+        HoodieWriteClient client = new HoodieWriteClient(jsc, cfg);
+        HoodieIndex index = HoodieIndex.createIndex(cfg, jsc);
+        FileSystem fs = FSUtils.getFs();
+
+        /**
+         * Write 1 (inserts and deletes)
+         * Write actual 200 insert records and ignore 100 delete records
+         */
+        String newCommitTime = "001";
+        List<HoodieRecord> fewRecordsForInsert = dataGen.generateInserts(newCommitTime, 200);
+        List<HoodieRecord> fewRecordsForDelete = dataGen.generateDeletes(newCommitTime, 100);
+
+        List<HoodieRecord> records = new ArrayList(fewRecordsForInsert);
+        records.addAll(fewRecordsForDelete);
+
+        JavaRDD<HoodieRecord> writeRecords = jsc.parallelize(records, 1);
+
+        List<WriteStatus> statuses = client.upsert(writeRecords, newCommitTime).collect();
+        assertNoWriteErrors(statuses);
+
+        // verify that there is a commit
+        HoodieReadClient readClient = new HoodieReadClient(jsc, basePath, sqlContext);
+        assertEquals("Expecting a single commit.", readClient.listCommitsSince("000").size(), 1);
+        assertEquals("Latest commit should be 001",readClient.latestCommit(), newCommitTime);
+        assertEquals("Must contain 200 records", readClient.readCommit(newCommitTime).count(), fewRecordsForInsert.size());
+        // Should have 100 records in table (check using Index), all in locations marked at commit
+        HoodieTableMetaClient metaClient = new HoodieTableMetaClient(fs, basePath);
+        HoodieTable table = HoodieTable.getHoodieTable(metaClient, getConfig());
+
+        List<HoodieRecord> taggedRecords = index.tagLocation(jsc.parallelize(fewRecordsForInsert, 1), table).collect();
+        checkTaggedRecords(taggedRecords, "001");
+
+        /**
+         * Write 2 (deletes+writes)
+         */
+        newCommitTime = "004";
+        fewRecordsForDelete = records.subList(0,50);
+        List<HoodieRecord> fewRecordsForUpdate = records.subList(50,100);
+        records = dataGen.generateDeletesFromExistingRecords(fewRecordsForDelete);
+
+        records.addAll(fewRecordsForUpdate);
+
+        statuses = client.upsert(jsc.parallelize(records, 1), newCommitTime).collect();
+        // Verify there are no errors
+        assertNoWriteErrors(statuses);
+
+        // verify there are now 2 commits
+        readClient = new HoodieReadClient(jsc, basePath, sqlContext);
+        assertEquals("Expecting two commits.", readClient.listCommitsSince("000").size(), 2);
+        assertEquals("Latest commit should be 004",readClient.latestCommit(), newCommitTime);
+
+        metaClient = new HoodieTableMetaClient(fs, basePath);
+        table = HoodieTable.getHoodieTable(metaClient, getConfig());
+
+        // Check the entire dataset has 150 records(200-50) still
+        String[] fullPartitionPaths = new String[dataGen.getPartitionPaths().length];
+        for (int i=0; i < fullPartitionPaths.length; i++) {
+            fullPartitionPaths[i] = String.format("%s/%s/*", basePath, dataGen.getPartitionPaths()[i]);
+        }
+        assertEquals("Must contain 150 records", readClient.read(fullPartitionPaths).count(), 150);
+
+
+        // Check that the incremental consumption from time 000
+        assertEquals("Incremental consumption from latest commit, should give 50 updated records",
+                readClient.readCommit(newCommitTime).count(),
+                50);
+        assertEquals("Incremental consumption from time 001, should give 50 updated records",
+                50,
+                readClient.readSince("001").count());
+        assertEquals("Incremental consumption from time 000, should give 150",
+                150,
+                readClient.readSince("000").count());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testInsertAndCleanByVersions() throws Exception {
         int maxVersions = 2; // keep upto 2 versions for each file

hoodie-client/src/test/java/com/uber/hoodie/common/HoodieTestDataGenerator.java

@@ -34,10 +34,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.*;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Random;
-import java.util.UUID;
 
 /**
  * Class to be used in tests to keep generating test inserts and updates against a corpus.
@@ -100,6 +97,26 @@ public class HoodieTestDataGenerator {
         return inserts;
     }
 
+    public List<HoodieRecord> generateDeletes(String commitTime, int n) throws IOException {
+        List<HoodieRecord> inserts = generateInserts(commitTime, n);
+        return generateDeletesFromExistingRecords(inserts);
+    }
+
+    public List<HoodieRecord> generateDeletesFromExistingRecords(List<HoodieRecord> existingRecords) throws IOException {
+        List<HoodieRecord> deletes = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (HoodieRecord existingRecord: existingRecords) {
+            HoodieRecord record = generateDeleteRecord(existingRecord);
+            deletes.add(record);
+
+        }
+        return deletes;
+    }
+
+    public HoodieRecord generateDeleteRecord(HoodieRecord existingRecord) throws IOException  {
+        HoodieKey key = existingRecord.getKey();
+        TestRawTripPayload payload = new TestRawTripPayload(Optional.empty(), key.getRecordKey(), key.getPartitionPath(), null, true);
+        return new HoodieRecord(key, payload);
+    }
 
     public List<HoodieRecord> generateUpdates(String commitTime, List<HoodieRecord> baseRecords) throws IOException {
         List<HoodieRecord> updates = new ArrayList<>();

hoodie-client/src/test/java/com/uber/hoodie/common/TestRawTripPayload.java

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 
 import java.io.*;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.zip.Deflater;
 import java.util.zip.DeflaterOutputStream;
 import java.util.zip.InflaterInputStream;
@@ -41,12 +42,22 @@ public class TestRawTripPayload implements HoodieRecordPayload<TestRawTripPayloa
     private String rowKey;
     private byte[] jsonDataCompressed;
     private int dataSize;
+    private boolean isDeleted;
 
-    public TestRawTripPayload(String jsonData, String rowKey, String partitionPath, String schemaStr) throws IOException {
+    public TestRawTripPayload(Optional<String> jsonData, String rowKey, String partitionPath,
-        this.jsonDataCompressed = compressData(jsonData);
+                              String schemaStr, Boolean isDeleted) throws IOException {
-        this.dataSize = jsonData.length();
+        if(jsonData.isPresent()) {
+            this.jsonDataCompressed = compressData(jsonData.get());
+            this.dataSize = jsonData.get().length();
+        }
         this.rowKey = rowKey;
         this.partitionPath = partitionPath;
+        this.isDeleted = isDeleted;
+    }
+
+    public TestRawTripPayload(String jsonData, String rowKey, String partitionPath,
+                              String schemaStr)throws IOException {
+        this(Optional.of(jsonData), rowKey, partitionPath, schemaStr, false);
     }
 
     public TestRawTripPayload(String jsonData) throws IOException {
@@ -55,6 +66,7 @@ public class TestRawTripPayload implements HoodieRecordPayload<TestRawTripPayloa
         Map<String, Object> jsonRecordMap = mapper.readValue(jsonData, Map.class);
         this.rowKey = jsonRecordMap.get("_row_key").toString();
         this.partitionPath = jsonRecordMap.get("time").toString().split("T")[0].replace("-", "/");
+        this.isDeleted = false;
     }
 
     public String getPartitionPath() {
@@ -66,20 +78,24 @@ public class TestRawTripPayload implements HoodieRecordPayload<TestRawTripPayloa
         return another;
     }
 
-    @Override public IndexedRecord combineAndGetUpdateValue(IndexedRecord oldRec, Schema schema) throws IOException {
+    @Override public Optional<IndexedRecord> combineAndGetUpdateValue(IndexedRecord oldRec, Schema schema) throws IOException {
         return this.getInsertValue(schema);
     }
 
-    @Override public IndexedRecord getInsertValue(Schema schema) throws IOException {
+    @Override public Optional<IndexedRecord> getInsertValue(Schema schema) throws IOException {
-        MercifulJsonConverter jsonConverter = new MercifulJsonConverter(schema);
+        if(isDeleted){
-        return jsonConverter.convert(getJsonData());
+            return Optional.empty();
+        } else {
+            MercifulJsonConverter jsonConverter = new MercifulJsonConverter(schema);
+            return Optional.of(jsonConverter.convert(getJsonData()));
+        }
     }
 
     public String getRowKey() {
         return rowKey;
     }
 
-    public String getJsonData() throws IOException {
+    private String getJsonData() throws IOException {
         return unCompressData(jsonDataCompressed);
     }
 

hoodie-client/src/test/java/com/uber/hoodie/index/TestHoodieBloomIndex.java

@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ public class TestHoodieBloomIndex {
         int seqId = 1;
         String commitTime = FSUtils.getCommitTime(filename);
         for (HoodieRecord record : records) {
-            GenericRecord avroRecord = (GenericRecord) record.getData().getInsertValue(schema);
+            GenericRecord avroRecord = (GenericRecord) record.getData().getInsertValue(schema).get();
             HoodieAvroUtils.addCommitMetadataToRecord(avroRecord, commitTime, "" + seqId++);
             HoodieAvroUtils.addHoodieKeyToRecord(avroRecord, record.getRecordKey(), record.getPartitionPath(), filename);
             writer.write(avroRecord);

hoodie-common/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/common/HoodieJsonPayload.java

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.zip.Deflater;
 import java.util.zip.DeflaterOutputStream;
 import java.util.zip.InflaterInputStream;
@@ -47,13 +48,13 @@ public class HoodieJsonPayload implements HoodieRecordPayload<HoodieJsonPayload>
         return this;
     }
 
-    @Override public IndexedRecord combineAndGetUpdateValue(IndexedRecord oldRec, Schema schema) throws IOException {
+    @Override public Optional<IndexedRecord> combineAndGetUpdateValue(IndexedRecord oldRec, Schema schema) throws IOException {
         return getInsertValue(schema);
     }
 
-    @Override public IndexedRecord getInsertValue(Schema schema) throws IOException {
+    @Override public Optional<IndexedRecord> getInsertValue(Schema schema) throws IOException {
         MercifulJsonConverter jsonConverter = new MercifulJsonConverter(schema);
-        return jsonConverter.convert(getJsonData());
+        return Optional.of(jsonConverter.convert(getJsonData()));
     }
 
     private String getJsonData() throws IOException {

hoodie-common/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/common/model/HoodieAvroPayload.java

@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 package com.uber.hoodie.common.model;
 
 import com.uber.hoodie.common.util.HoodieAvroUtils;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
 import org.apache.avro.Schema;
 import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericRecord;
 import org.apache.avro.generic.IndexedRecord;
@@ -28,9 +31,9 @@ import java.io.IOException;
  * Useful to create a HoodieRecord over existing GenericRecords in a hoodie datasets (useful in compactions)
  */
 public class HoodieAvroPayload implements HoodieRecordPayload<HoodieAvroPayload> {
-    private final GenericRecord record;
+    private final Optional<GenericRecord> record;
 
-    public HoodieAvroPayload(GenericRecord record) {
+    public HoodieAvroPayload(Optional<GenericRecord> record) {
         this.record = record;
     }
 
@@ -40,13 +43,13 @@ public class HoodieAvroPayload implements HoodieRecordPayload<HoodieAvroPayload>
     }
 
     @Override
-    public IndexedRecord combineAndGetUpdateValue(IndexedRecord currentValue, Schema schema)
+    public Optional<IndexedRecord> combineAndGetUpdateValue(IndexedRecord currentValue, Schema schema)
-        throws IOException {
+            throws IOException {
         return getInsertValue(schema);
     }
 
     @Override
-    public IndexedRecord getInsertValue(Schema schema) throws IOException {
+    public Optional<IndexedRecord> getInsertValue(Schema schema) throws IOException {
-        return HoodieAvroUtils.rewriteRecord(record, schema);
+        return record.map(r -> HoodieAvroUtils.rewriteRecord(r, schema));
     }
 }

hoodie-common/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/common/model/HoodieRecord.java

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package com.uber.hoodie.common.model;
 import com.google.common.base.Objects;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 /**
  * A Single Record managed by Hoodie TODO - Make this generic
@@ -101,8 +102,8 @@ public class HoodieRecord<T extends HoodieRecordPayload> implements Serializable
         return this;
     }
 
-    public HoodieRecordLocation getNewLocation() {
+    public Optional<HoodieRecordLocation> getNewLocation() {
-        return this.newLocation;
+        return Optional.of(this.newLocation);
     }
 
     public boolean isCurrentLocationKnown() {

hoodie-common/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/common/model/HoodieRecordPayload.java

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import org.apache.avro.generic.IndexedRecord;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 /**
  * Every Hoodie dataset has an implementation of the <code>HoodieRecordPayload</code>
@@ -44,14 +45,15 @@ public interface HoodieRecordPayload<T extends HoodieRecordPayload> extends Seri
      *
      * @param currentValue Current value in storage, to merge/combine this payload with
      * @param schema Schema used for record
-     * @return new combined/merged value to be written back to storage
+     * @return new combined/merged value to be written back to storage. EMPTY to skip writing this record.
      */
-    IndexedRecord combineAndGetUpdateValue(IndexedRecord currentValue, Schema schema) throws IOException;
+    Optional<IndexedRecord> combineAndGetUpdateValue(IndexedRecord currentValue, Schema schema) throws IOException;
 
     /**
      * Generates an avro record out of the given HoodieRecordPayload, to be written out to storage.
      * Called when writing a new value for the given HoodieKey, wherein there is no existing record in
      * storage to be combined against. (i.e insert)
+     * Return EMPTY to skip writing this record.
      */
-    IndexedRecord getInsertValue(Schema schema) throws IOException;
+    Optional<IndexedRecord> getInsertValue(Schema schema) throws IOException;
 }

hoodie-common/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/common/model/HoodieWriteStat.java

@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ public class HoodieWriteStat implements Serializable {
      */
     private long numWrites;
 
+    /**
+     * Total number of records deleted.
+     */
+    private long numDeletes;
+
     /**
      * Total number of records actually changed. (0 for inserts)
      */
@@ -86,6 +91,10 @@ public class HoodieWriteStat implements Serializable {
         this.numWrites = numWrites;
     }
 
+    public void setNumDeletes(long numDeletes) {
+        this.numDeletes = numDeletes;
+    }
+
     public void setNumUpdateWrites(long numUpdateWrites) {
         this.numUpdateWrites = numUpdateWrites;
     }
@@ -110,6 +119,10 @@ public class HoodieWriteStat implements Serializable {
         return numWrites;
     }
 
+    public long getNumDeletes() {
+        return numDeletes;
+    }
+
     public long getNumUpdateWrites() {
         return numUpdateWrites;
     }
@@ -129,6 +142,7 @@ public class HoodieWriteStat implements Serializable {
                 .append("fullPath='" + fullPath + '\'')
                 .append(", prevCommit='" + prevCommit + '\'')
                 .append(", numWrites=" + numWrites)
+                .append(", numDeletes=" + numDeletes)
                 .append(", numUpdateWrites=" + numUpdateWrites)
                 .append(", numWriteBytes=" + totalWriteBytes)
                 .append('}')

hoodie-common/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/common/util/AvroUtils.java

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 public class AvroUtils {
 
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ public class AvroUtils {
                     String partitionPath =
                         deltaRecord.get(HoodieRecord.PARTITION_PATH_METADATA_FIELD).toString();
                     loadedRecords.add(new HoodieRecord<>(new HoodieKey(key, partitionPath),
-                        new HoodieAvroPayload(deltaRecord)));
+                        new HoodieAvroPayload(Optional.of(deltaRecord))));
                 }
                 fileReader.close(); // also closes underlying FsInput
             } catch (IOException e) {

hoodie-common/src/test/java/com/uber/hoodie/common/model/HoodieTestUtils.java

@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ public class HoodieTestUtils {
                 AvroLogAppender log = new AvroLogAppender(logConfig);
                 log.append(s.getValue().stream().map(r -> {
                     try {
-                        GenericRecord val = (GenericRecord) r.getData().getInsertValue(schema);
+                        GenericRecord val = (GenericRecord) r.getData().getInsertValue(schema).get();
                         HoodieAvroUtils.addHoodieKeyToRecord(val,
                             r.getRecordKey(),
                             r.getPartitionPath(),