Poorvankbhatia commented on code in PR #26274: URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/26274#discussion_r2027547696
########## flink-connectors/flink-connector-base/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/connector/base/sink/writer/RequestBuffer.java: ########## @@ -0,0 +1,115 @@ +/* + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more + * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with + * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. + * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 + * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with + * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + * + * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + * + * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software + * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, + * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. + * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and + * limitations under the License. + */ + +package org.apache.flink.connector.base.sink.writer; + +import org.apache.flink.annotation.PublicEvolving; + +import java.io.Serializable; +import java.util.Collection; + +/** + * A flexible wrapper interface for managing buffered request entries in an async sink. This allows + * sink implementations to define and optimize their own data structures for request buffering. + * + * <p>{@link RequestEntryWrapper} is buffered instead of raw request entries (like {@code InputT}) + * to support metadata tracking (e.g., entry size, retry priority). This makes it easier to manage + * retries and batch sizing without burdening the sink logic. + * + * <p>Sink developers can provide custom implementations of this interface (e.g., circular buffer, + * priority queue) to control how entries are buffered. + * + * @param <RequestEntryT> The type of request entries being buffered. + */ +@PublicEvolving +public interface RequestBuffer<RequestEntryT extends Serializable> { + + /** + * Adds an entry (<code>RequestEntryWrapper<RequestEntryT></code>) to the buffer. + * Implementations can decide how to store the entry. + * + * @param entry The request entry to add. + * @param prioritize If true, the entry should be prioritized (e.g. retried before others). + */ + void add(RequestEntryWrapper<RequestEntryT> entry, boolean prioritize); + + /** + * Retrieves and removes the next available request entry from the buffer. The removal order is + * determined by the implementation. + * + * @return The removed request entry, or null if the buffer is empty. + */ + RequestEntryWrapper<RequestEntryT> poll(); + + /** + * Retrieves, but does not remove, the next available request entry from the buffer. This allows + * checking the next request before processing. + * + * @return The next request entry, or null if the buffer is empty. + */ + RequestEntryWrapper<RequestEntryT> peek(); + + /** + * Checks whether the buffer is empty. Useful for determining if there are pending entries + * before flushing. + * + * @return True if the buffer contains no entries, false otherwise. + */ + boolean isEmpty(); + + /** + * Returns the number of request entries currently in the buffer. Can be used for batching + * decisions. + * + * @return The total number of buffered entries. + */ + int size(); + + /** + * Retrieves all buffered request entries as a collection. Implementations should return a + * snapshot of the buffer for checkpointing. + * + * @return A collection of all buffered request entries. + */ + Collection<RequestEntryWrapper<RequestEntryT>> getBufferedState(); + + /** + * Returns the total size of all buffered request entries in bytes. + * + * <p>Tracks the cumulative size of all elements in {@code bufferedRequestEntries} to facilitate + * the criterion for flushing after maxBatchSizeInBytes is reached. + * + * @return The total buffered size in bytes. + */ + long totalSizeInBytes(); + + /** + * Generic builder interface for creating instances of {@link RequestBuffer}. + * + * @param <R> The type of {@link RequestBuffer} that the builder will create. + * @param <RequestEntryT> The type of request entries that the buffer wrapper will store. + */ + interface Builder<R extends RequestBuffer<RequestEntryT>, RequestEntryT extends Serializable> { + /** + * Constructs and returns an instance of {@link RequestBuffer} with the configured + * parameters. + * + * @return A new instance of {@link RequestBuffer}. + */ + R build(); + } Review Comment: Same logic as for BatchCreator. Complexity of the build being pluggable and not exposing the constructor. -- 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