YangFei created FLINK-12412: ------------------------------- Summary: Allow ListTypeInfo used for java.util.List and MapTypeInfo used for java.util.Map Key: FLINK-12412 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-12412 Project: Flink Issue Type: New Feature Components: API / Type Serialization System Affects Versions: 1.9.0 Reporter: YangFei Assignee: YangFei Fix For: 1.9.0
public static class UserBehavior { public long userId; public long itemId; public int categoryId; public long timestamp; public List<String> comments; } public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { PojoTypeInfo<UserBehavior> pojoType = (PojoTypeInfo<UserBehavior>) TypeExtractor.createTypeInfo(UserBehavior.class); }); } The filed `comments` in `UserBehavior` will be extracted by TypeExtractor to `GenericType` . I think it can be extracted to ListTypeInfo . This would be a big improvement as in many cases classes including List or Map -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)