dawidwys opened a new pull request #16351: URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/16351
## What is the purpose of the change This PR cleans up StreamOperator API in regards to the termination phase and introduces a clean finish() method for flushing all records without releasing resources. The StreamOperator#close method which is supposed to flush all records, but at the same time, currently, it closes all resources, including connections to external systems. We need separate methods for flushing and closing resources because we might need the connections when performing the final checkpoint, once all records are flushed. Moreover, the logic for closing resources is duplicated in the StreamOperator#dispose method. ## Verifying this change All existing tests pass. ## Does this pull request potentially affect one of the following parts: - Dependencies (does it add or upgrade a dependency): (yes / **no**) - The public API, i.e., is any changed class annotated with `@Public(Evolving)`: (**yes** / no) - The serializers: (yes / **no** / don't know) - The runtime per-record code paths (performance sensitive): (yes / **no** / don't know) - Anything that affects deployment or recovery: JobManager (and its components), Checkpointing, Kubernetes/Yarn, ZooKeeper: (yes / **no** / don't know) - The S3 file system connector: (yes / **no** / don't know) ## Documentation - Does this pull request introduce a new feature? (**yes** / no) - If yes, how is the feature documented? (not applicable / docs / **JavaDocs** / not documented) -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@flink.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org