JavaRDD

Empty

jsc().emptyRDD();

From primitive list

List<String> data = Lists.newArrayList("green", "red");
jsc().parallelize(data);

From entity list

List<Apple> rows = Lists.newArrayList(new Apple("green", 70), new Apple("red", 110));
JavaRDD<Apple> result = jsc().parallelize(rows);

Example: RDDCreationTest.java