fapaul commented on a change in pull request #18412:
URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/18412#discussion_r792434481
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File path:
flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/api/connector/sink/Sink.java
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@@ -170,6 +171,15 @@
* previous execution.
*/
OptionalLong getRestoredCheckpointId();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a metadata consumer, the {@link SinkWriter} can publish
metadata events of type
+ * {@link MetaT} to the consumer. The consumer can accept metadata
events in an asynchronous
Review comment:
If you want to recommend not executing the metadata consumer as part of
the mailbox you should make it clearer.
```suggestion
* <p> It is recommended to use a separate thread pool to publish
the metadata because enqueuing a lot of these messages in the mailbox may lead
to a performance decrease.
```
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File path:
flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/api/connector/sink2/Sink.java
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@@ -105,5 +107,14 @@
* Provides a view on this context as a {@link
SerializationSchema.InitializationContext}.
*/
SerializationSchema.InitializationContext
asSerializationSchemaInitializationContext();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a metadata consumer, the {@link SinkWriter} can publish
metadata events of type
+ * {@link MetaT} to the consumer. The consumer can accept metadata
events in an asynchronous
+ * thread, and the {@link Consumer#accept} method is executed very
fast.
+ */
+ default <MetaT> Optional<Consumer<MetaT>> metadataConsumer() {
Review comment:
I'd mark this `@Experimental` to leave some room to change the threading
model later if necessary.
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