Hi all, In Flink, after setting the time characteristic to event time and properly assigning timestamps/watermarks, time-based windows will be created based upon event time. If we need to process events within a window in event time order, we can sort the windowed values and process as necessary by applying a WindowFunction. However, as I understand it, there is no guarantee that time-based windows will be processed in time order. Is this correct? Or, if we assume a watermarking system that (for example's sake) does not allow any late events, is there a way within Flink to guarantee that windows will be processed (via an applied WindowFunction) in strictly increasing time order?
If necessary, I can provide a more concrete explanation of what I mean/am looking for. Thanks! David
