tzulitai commented on a change in pull request #7655: [FLINK-11539] Add TypeSerializerSnapshot for TraversableSerializer URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/7655#discussion_r255410039
########## File path: flink-scala/src/main/scala/org/apache/flink/api/scala/codegen/TypeInformationGen.scala ########## @@ -238,10 +243,24 @@ private[flink] trait TypeInformationGen[C <: Context] { val elementTpe = $elementTypeInfo new TraversableTypeInfo($collectionClass, elementTpe) { def createSerializer(executionConfig: ExecutionConfig) = { + val elementSerializer = elementTpe.createSerializer(executionConfig) + + // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + // NOTE: + // the following anonymous class is needed here, and should not be removed + // (although appears to be unused) since it is required for backwards compatibility + // with Flink versions pre 1.8, that were using Java deserialization. + // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + val unused = new TraversableSerializer[${desc.tpe}, ${desc.elem.tpe}]( + elementSerializer, + $cbfStringLiteral) { + + override def legacyCbfCode = $cbfStringLiteral + } + new TraversableSerializer[${desc.tpe}, ${desc.elem.tpe}]( - elementTpe.createSerializer(executionConfig)) { Review comment: As mentioned above, to be on the safe side, leave this creation as is, and create a new element serializer for the actual returned traversable serializer? ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org With regards, Apache Git Services