GitHub user StefanRRichter opened a pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/6308
[FLINK-9799] Generalize and unify state meta info snapshot ## What is the purpose of the change This PR generalizes and unifies the de/serialization of state meta information in backends. We replace the snapshots and reader/writers of the individual state types with a general `StateMetaInfoSnapshot` and the corresponding `StateMetaInfoSnapshotReadersWriters`. Backwards compatibility is maintained. ## Verifying this change This change is already covered by existing tests. ## Does this pull request potentially affect one of the following parts: - Dependencies (does it add or upgrade a dependency): (no) - The public API, i.e., is any changed class annotated with `@Public(Evolving)`: (no) - The serializers: (no) - The runtime per-record code paths (performance sensitive): (no) - Anything that affects deployment or recovery: JobManager (and its components), Checkpointing, Yarn/Mesos, ZooKeeper: (yes) - The S3 file system connector: (no) ## Documentation - Does this pull request introduce a new feature? (no) - If yes, how is the feature documented? (not applicable) You can merge this pull request into a Git repository by running: $ git pull https://github.com/StefanRRichter/flink FLINK-9799-generalize-state-meta-pr Alternatively you can review and apply these changes as the patch at: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/6308.patch To close this pull request, make a commit to your master/trunk branch with (at least) the following in the commit message: This closes #6308 ---- commit 5e44f759342793f4532e99f8df589c2416402176 Author: Stefan Richter <s.richter@...> Date: 2018-07-11T09:11:11Z [FLINK-9799][state] Generalize and unify state meta infos ---- ---