Zhanghao Chen created FLINK-35555: ------------------------------------- Summary: Serializing List with null values throws NPE Key: FLINK-35555 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-35555 Project: Flink Issue Type: Bug Components: API / Type Serialization System Affects Versions: 1.20.0 Reporter: Zhanghao Chen Fix For: 1.20.0
FLINK-34123 introduced built-in serialization support for java.util.List, which relies on the existing {{ListSerializer}} impl. However, {{ListSerializer}} does not allow null values, as it is originally designed for serializing {{ListState}} only where null value is explicitly forbidden in the contract. Directly adding null marker to allow null values will break backwards state compatibility, so we'll need to introduce a new List serializer and corrsponding TypeInformation that allows null values for serializing user objects. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010)