Github user fhueske commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/1838#discussion_r59752212 --- Diff: flink-java/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/api/java/operators/PartitionOperator.java --- @@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ public PartitionOperator(DataSet<T> input, Keys<T> pKeys, Partitioner<?> customP Preconditions.checkArgument(distribution == null || pMethod == PartitionMethod.RANGE, "Customized data distribution is only neccessary for range partition."); if (distribution != null) { - Preconditions.checkArgument(distribution.getNumberOfFields() == pKeys.getNumberOfKeyFields(), "The number of key fields in the distribution and range partitioner should be the same."); - Preconditions.checkArgument(Arrays.equals(distribution.getKeyTypes(), pKeys.getKeyFieldTypes()), "The types of key from the distribution and range partitioner are not equal."); + Preconditions.checkArgument(pKeys.getNumberOfKeyFields() <= distribution.getNumberOfFields(), "The number of key fields in range partitioner should be less than the number in the distribution."); --- End diff -- Update the message to "The distribution must provide at least as many fields as flat key fields are specified."
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