GitHub user twalthr opened a pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/2337
[FLINK-3042] [FLINK-3060] [types] Define a way to let types create their
own TypeInformation
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This PR introduces so-called `TypeInfoFactory`s. A type information factory
allows for plugging-in user-defined TypeInformation into the Flink type system.
The factory is called during the type extraction phase if the corresponding
type has been annotated with `TypeInfo` or registered globally using
`TypeExtractor.registerFactory(Type, Class)`.
In a hierarchy of types the closest factory will be chosen while traversing
upwards, however, a globally registered factory has highest precedence.
Although this PR further increases the complexity of the `TypeExtractor`.
`TypeInfoFactory`s could simplify the code in future. We could implement
factories for all Flink built-in types and thus split up the extraction code
into type specific factories.
I haven't updated the doc yet. I will add documentation after I got
feedback.
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This closes #2337
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commit 3481cf4da45292fcbf541e0ecd885a663373837b
Author: twalthr <twal...@apache.org>
Date: 2016-08-04T15:01:08Z
[FLINK-3042] [FLINK-3060] [types] Define a way to let types create their
own TypeInformation
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