Github user tzulitai commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/3934#discussion_r117451847
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flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch-base/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/connectors/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchApiCallBridge.java
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@@ -40,12 +43,27 @@
/**
* Creates an Elasticsearch {@link Client}.
*
+ * In comparison to {@link initClient}, this method creates a default
{@link Client}.
+ *
* @param clientConfig The configuration to use when constructing the
client.
* @return The created client.
*/
Client createClient(Map<String, String> clientConfig);
/**
+ * Initializes an Elasticsearch {@link Client}.
+ *
+ * A {@link Settings} object is created, which is passed to {@link
mapper} in order to allow the creation of a
+ * {@link TransportClient}. {@link createClient} creates and
initializes a default client for cases where the
+ * implementation doesn't matter.
+ *
+ * @param clientConfig The configuration to use when constructing the
client.
+ * @param mapper Receives a {@link Settings} object that can be used to
create a {@link TransportClient}.
+ * @return The initialized client that has been created by {@link
mapper}.
+ */
+ Client initClient(Map<String, String> clientConfig, Function<Settings,
TransportClient> mapper);
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I wonder if a `TransportClientFactory` would be more intuitive here? That
would also solve the Java 8 problem.
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