Re: TimelyFlatMapFunction and DataStream

Posted by Stephan Ewen on
URL: http://deprecated-apache-flink-user-mailing-list-archive.369.s1.nabble.com/TimelyFlatMapFunction-and-DataStream-tp9820p9825.html

Hi Ken!

It may not be obvious, so here is a bit of background:

The timers that are used in the FlatMapFunction are scoped by key. We thought that this is how they are mainly useful - that's why you need to define keys to use them.

I think the docs are in error, thanks for pointing that out.

In your use case, do you need timers without keys, or only access to the current processing/event time?

Best,

Stephan

On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 1:59 AM, Ken Krugler <[hidden email]> wrote:

I’m curious why it seems like a TimelyFlatMapFunction can’t be used with a regular DataStream, but it can be used with a KeyedStream.

Or maybe I’m missing something obvious (this is with 1.2-SNAPSHOT, pulled today).

Also the documentation of TimelyFlatMapFunction (https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-master/api/java/index.html?org/apache/flink/streaming/api/functions/TimelyFlatMapFunction.html) shows using it with a DataStream.flatMap(xxx) call.

Thanks,

— Ken

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