dawidwys commented on code in PR #21635: URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/21635#discussion_r1093196114
########## flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/api/common/typeutils/TypeSerializerSnapshot.java: ########## @@ -124,11 +124,40 @@ void readSnapshot(int readVersion, DataInputView in, ClassLoader userCodeClassLo * program's serializer re-serializes the data, thus converting the format during the restore * operation. * + * @deprecated This method has been replaced by {@link TypeSerializerSnapshot + * #resolveSchemaCompatibility(TypeSerializerSnapshot)}. * @param newSerializer the new serializer to check. * @return the serializer compatibility result. */ - TypeSerializerSchemaCompatibility<T> resolveSchemaCompatibility( - TypeSerializer<T> newSerializer); + @Deprecated + default TypeSerializerSchemaCompatibility<T> resolveSchemaCompatibility( + TypeSerializer<T> newSerializer) { + return newSerializer.snapshotConfiguration().resolveSchemaCompatibility(this); + } + + /** + * Checks current serializer's compatibility to read data written by the prior serializer. + * + * <p>When a checkpoint/savepoint is restored, this method checks whether the serialization + * format of the data in the checkpoint/savepoint is compatible for the format of the serializer + * used by the program that restores the checkpoint/savepoint. The outcome can be that the + * serialization format is compatible, that the program's serializer needs to reconfigure itself + * (meaning to incorporate some information from the TypeSerializerSnapshot to be compatible), + * that the format is outright incompatible, or that a migration needed. In the latter case, the + * TypeSerializerSnapshot produces a serializer to deserialize the data, and the restoring + * program's serializer re-serializes the data, thus converting the format during the restore + * operation. + * + * <p>This method must be implemented to clarify the compatibility. See FLIP-263 for more + * details. + * + * @param oldSerializerSnapshot the old serializer snapshot to check. + * @return the serializer compatibility result. + */ + default TypeSerializerSchemaCompatibility<T> resolveSchemaCompatibility( + TypeSerializerSnapshot<T> oldSerializerSnapshot) { + return TypeSerializerSchemaCompatibility.incompatible(); Review Comment: I disagree with statements in Option 1. Option 1 is basically the current state of the PR and thus have all the problems listed in this thread. In Option 1 one cannot mix migrated and non-migrated serializers, it simply does not work. TBH, when reviewing the FLIP, I thought option 2 is the suggested one, which was obviously my mistake. Because of the con you listed I was advocating for immediately dropping the old method instead of deprecating it (option 3). There was a strong preference for keeping compatibility with old user programs in the ML, thus I'd suggest to go with option 2. The con affects only newly written serializers, which is usually done carefully, so I am not worried it's gonna be too much of a hassle. We took that approach for much more commonly used interfaces such as e.g. `SinkFunction#invoke` -- 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