Hey, After you call, by default values you mean after you call :
getRuntimeContext.getState() If so, the default value will be state with *value() *of null, as described in : /** * Returns the current value for the state. When the state is not * partitioned the returned value is the same for all inputs in a given * operator instance. If state partitioning is applied, the value returned * depends on the current operator input, as the operator maintains an * independent state for each partition. * * <p>If you didn't specify a default value when creating the {@link ValueStateDescriptor} * this will return {@code null} when to value was previously set using {@link #update(Object)}. * * @return The state value corresponding to the current input. * * @throws IOException Thrown if the system cannot access the state. */ T value() throws IOException; For the *MapState* it should be an empty map with no keys present. Funny thing is that there is an implicit conversion between null values returned by state, so assume you have defined : private lazy val *test*: ValueState[Boolean] = getRuntimeContext.getState(new ValueStateDescriptor[Boolean]("test", classOf[Boolean])) If you will now do : print(test.value()) It will indeed print the *null*. But if You will do : val myTest = test.value() print(test.value()) It will now print *false *instead; Best Regards, Dominik. 2018-08-17 11:13 GMT+02:00 Averell <lvhu...@gmail.com>: > Hi, > > In Flink's documents, I couldn't find any example that uses primitive type > when working with States. What would be the initial value of a ValueState > of > type Int/Boolean/...? The same question apply for MapValueState like > [String, Int] > > Thanks and regards, > Averell > > > > -- > Sent from: http://apache-flink-user-mailing-list-archive.2336050. > n4.nabble.com/ >