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Stephan Ewen commented on FLINK-5023: ------------------------------------- I agree with [~xiaogang.shi] - do we really need another interface? Can we not just augment the {{State}} interface? This would only be API breaking if we expect users to implement state interfaces themselves, which we do not, I think. > Add get() method in State interface > ----------------------------------- > > Key: FLINK-5023 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-5023 > Project: Flink > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: State Backends, Checkpointing > Reporter: Xiaogang Shi > > Currently, the only method provided by the State interface is `clear()`. I > think we should provide another method called `get()` to return the > structured value (e.g., value, list, or map) under the current key. > In fact, the functionality of `get()` has already been implemented in all > types of states: e.g., `value()` in ValueState and `get()` in ListState. The > modification to the interface can better abstract these states. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)