Github user dawidwys commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/4331#discussion_r132166483 --- Diff: flink-libraries/flink-cep/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/cep/nfa/NFA.java --- @@ -157,15 +157,28 @@ */ private boolean nfaChanged; + /** + * Store the skip strategy. + */ + private AfterMatchSkipStrategy afterMatchSkipStrategy; --- End diff -- I would not add it to NFA. I think it is a static data, that should not be serialized each time with `NFA`. We already have problems to remove `State`s, `Condition`s and `handleTimeout` from serializing within `NFA`. It also makes maintaining serializing compatbility hard. How about adding it to the `NFAFactory` and passing it to `NFA#process`(It is the only place where it is needed). I know it will require passing it in multiple places e.g. `KeyedCEPPatternOperator` and 'TimeoutKeyedCEPPatternOperator` but it will be easier after #4320.
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