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ASF GitHub Bot commented on FLINK-4391:
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Github user tillrohrmann commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/2629#discussion_r88679834
--- Diff:
flink-streaming-java/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/api/functions/async/RichAsyncFunction.java
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+package org.apache.flink.streaming.api.functions.async;
+
+import org.apache.flink.api.common.functions.AbstractRichFunction;
+import org.apache.flink.api.common.functions.RichFunction;
+import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.operators.async.AsyncCollector;
+
+/**
+ * Rich variant of the {@link AsyncFunction}. As a {@link RichFunction},
it gives access to the
+ * {@link org.apache.flink.api.common.functions.RuntimeContext} and
provides setup and teardown methods:
+ * {@link RichFunction#open(org.apache.flink.configuration.Configuration)}
and
+ * {@link RichFunction#close()}.
+ *
+ * @param <IN> The type of the input elements.
+ * @param <OUT> The type of the returned elements.
+ */
+public abstract class RichAsyncFunction<IN, OUT> extends
AbstractRichFunction
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I'm not sure whether we should offer a rich variant of `AsyncFunction`,
because any access to state from a future callback will not be scoped to the
correct key. I'm quite sure that people will run into this.
> Provide support for asynchronous operations over streams
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: FLINK-4391
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-4391
> Project: Flink
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: DataStream API
> Reporter: Jamie Grier
> Assignee: david.wang
>
> Many Flink users need to do asynchronous processing driven by data from a
> DataStream. The classic example would be joining against an external
> database in order to enrich a stream with extra information.
> It would be nice to add general support for this type of operation in the
> Flink API. Ideally this could simply take the form of a new operator that
> manages async operations, keeps so many of them in flight, and then emits
> results to downstream operators as the async operations complete.
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