Github user fhueske commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/1848#discussion_r60071991 --- Diff: flink-java/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/api/java/operators/PartitionOperator.java --- @@ -98,6 +102,23 @@ public PartitionOperator(DataSet<T> input, Keys<T> pKeys, Partitioner<?> customP this.customPartitioner = customPartitioner; this.distribution = distribution; } + + /** + * Sets the order of keys for range partitioning. + * NOTE: Only valid for {@link PartitionMethod.RANGE}. + * + * @param orders array of orders for each specified partition key + * @return The partitioneOperator with properly set orders for given keys + */ + @PublicEvolving + public PartitionOperator<T> withOrders(Order... orders) { + Preconditions.checkState(pMethod == PartitionMethod.RANGE, "Orders cannot be applied for %s partition " + + "method", pMethod); + Preconditions.checkArgument(pKeys.getOriginalKeyFieldTypes().length == orders.length); --- End diff -- Can you add a descriptive error message here?
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