Added InfluxDB.flush().

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
  - Support chunking
  - Add a databaseExists method to InfluxDB interface
+ - [Issue #289] (https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb-java/issues/289) Batching enhancements: Pending asynchronous writes can be explicitly flushed via `InfluxDB.flush()`.
 
 #### Fixes
 

src/main/java/org/influxdb/InfluxDB.java

@@ -273,6 +273,14 @@ public void write(final String database, final String retentionPolicy,
    */
   public boolean databaseExists(final String name);
 
+  /**
+   * Send any buffered points to InfluxDB. This method is synchronous and will block while all pending points are
+   * written.
+   *
+   * @throws IllegalStateException if batching is not enabled.
+   */
+  public void flush();
+
   /**
    * close thread for asynchronous batch write and UDP socket to release resources if need.
    */

src/main/java/org/influxdb/impl/BatchProcessor.java

@@ -263,9 +263,15 @@ public void run() {
    * called if no batch processing is needed anymore.
    *
    */
-  void flush() {
+  void flushAndShutdown() {
     this.write();
     this.scheduler.shutdown();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Flush the current open writes to InfluxDB. This will block until all pending points are written.
+   */
+  void flush() {
+    this.write();
+  }
 }

src/main/java/org/influxdb/impl/InfluxDBImpl.java

@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ public InfluxDB enableBatch(final int actions, final int flushDuration,
   public void disableBatch() {
     this.batchEnabled.set(false);
     if (this.batchProcessor != null) {
-      this.batchProcessor.flush();
+      this.batchProcessor.flushAndShutdown();
       if (this.logLevel != LogLevel.NONE) {
         System.out.println(
             "total writes:" + this.writeCount.get()
@@ -460,6 +460,17 @@ private <T> T execute(final Call<T> call) {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritDoc}
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void flush() {
+    if (!batchEnabled.get()) {
+      throw new IllegalStateException("BatchProcessing is not enabled.");
+    }
+    batchProcessor.flush();
+  }
+
   /**
    * {@inheritDoc}
    */

src/test/java/org/influxdb/InfluxDBTest.java

@@ -621,4 +621,33 @@ public void accept(QueryResult result) {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testFlushPendingWritesWhenBatchingEnabled() {
+        String dbName = "flush_tests_" + System.currentTimeMillis();
+        try {
+            this.influxDB.createDatabase(dbName);
+
+            // Enable batching with a very large buffer and flush interval so writes will be triggered by our call to flush().
+            this.influxDB.enableBatch(Integer.MAX_VALUE, Integer.MAX_VALUE, TimeUnit.HOURS);
+
+            String measurement = TestUtils.getRandomMeasurement();
+            Point point = Point.measurement(measurement).tag("atag", "test").addField("used", 80L).addField("free", 1L).build();
+            this.influxDB.write(dbName, TestUtils.defaultRetentionPolicy(this.influxDB.version()), point);
+            this.influxDB.flush();
+
+            Query query = new Query("SELECT * FROM " + measurement + " GROUP BY *", dbName);
+            QueryResult result = this.influxDB.query(query);
+            Assert.assertFalse(result.getResults().get(0).getSeries().get(0).getTags().isEmpty());
+        } finally {
+            this.influxDB.deleteDatabase(dbName);
+            this.influxDB.disableBatch();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = IllegalStateException.class)
+    public void testFlushThrowsIfBatchingIsNotEnabled() {
+        Assert.assertFalse(this.influxDB.isBatchEnabled());
+        this.influxDB.flush();
+    }
+
 }