/**
 * Return a new RDD by applying a function to each partition of this RDD.
 *
 * `preservesPartitioning` indicates whether the input function preserves the partitioner, which
 * should be `false` unless this is a pair RDD and the input function doesn't modify the keys.
 */
  
 
def mapPartitions[U: ClassTag](
    f: Iterator[T] => Iterator[U],
    preservesPartitioning: Boolean = false): RDD[U] = withScope {
  val cleanedF = sc.clean(f)
  new MapPartitionsRDD(
    this,
    (context: TaskContext, index: Int, iter: Iterator[T]) => cleanedF(iter),
    preservesPartitioning)

}