Github user tillrohrmann commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/5676#discussion_r175811121 --- Diff: flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/api/common/TaskInfo.java --- @@ -107,4 +131,12 @@ public int getAttemptNumber() { public String getTaskNameWithSubtasks() { return this.taskNameWithSubtasks; } + + /** + * Returns the allocation id for where this task is executed. + * @return the allocation id for where this task is executed. + */ + public String getAllocationID() { --- End diff -- If we really want to store the `AllocationID`, then we should store it not as a `String` but instead move `AllocationID` to `flink-core`. If this is not needed, then I would suggest to rename it something else.
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