dawidwys commented on code in PR #21635: URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/21635#discussion_r1085369657
########## flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/api/common/typeutils/CompositeTypeSerializerSnapshot.java: ########## @@ -290,26 +332,26 @@ protected void readOuterSnapshot( throws IOException {} /** - * Checks whether the outer snapshot is compatible with a given new serializer. + * Checks the schema compatibility of the given old serializer snapshot based on the outer + * snapshot. * - * <p>The base implementation of this method just returns {@code true}, i.e. it assumes that the - * outer serializer only has nested serializers and no extra information, and therefore the - * result of the check must always be true. Otherwise, if the outer serializer contains some + * <p>The base implementation of this method assumes that the outer serializer only has nested + * serializers and no extra information, and therefore the result of the check is {@link + * OuterSchemaCompatibility#COMPATIBLE_AS_IS}. Otherwise, if the outer serializer contains some * extra information that has been persisted as part of the serializer snapshot, this must be * overridden. Note that this method and the corresponding methods {@link * #writeOuterSnapshot(DataOutputView)}, {@link #readOuterSnapshot(int, DataInputView, * ClassLoader)} needs to be implemented. * - * @param newSerializer the new serializer, which contains the new outer information to check - * against. - * @return a flag indicating whether or not the new serializer's outer information is compatible - * with the one written in this snapshot. - * @deprecated this method is deprecated, and will be removed in the future. Please implement - * {@link #resolveOuterSchemaCompatibility(TypeSerializer)} instead. + * @param oldSerializerSnapshot the old serializer snapshot, which contains the old outer + * information to check against. + * @return a {@link OuterSchemaCompatibility} indicating whether or the new serializer's outer + * information is compatible, requires migration, or incompatible with the one written in + * this snapshot. */ - @Deprecated - protected boolean isOuterSnapshotCompatible(S newSerializer) { Review Comment: When is this method called now? Could you please explain the flow how `CompositeTypeSerializerSnapshot` works? I still think there is something off here. -- 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