Hello,

Can someone please assist for this query? Thanks!

Thanks,
Sandeep

> On 06-May-2021, at 10:30 AM, Sandeep khanzode <sand...@shiftright.ai> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Is there a working example somewhere that I can refer for writing Avro 
> entities in Flink state as well as Avro serializaition in 
> KafkaConsumer/Producer?
> 
> I tried to use Avro entities directly but there is an issue beyond Apache 
> Avro 1.7.7 in that the entities created have a serialVersionUid. So when I 
> tried to test schema evolution by adding a member, there was the java 
> serialization issue saying the two generated classes’ serialVersionUids do 
> not match i.e. the one stored in the state and the one being used with the 
> new member variable now.
> 
> Is there any configuration that overrides this?
> 
> Request you to please provide some references of samples. Thanks. 
> 
> Thanks,
> Sandeep 
> 
> 
>> On 30-Apr-2021, at 5:00 PM, Timo Walther <twal...@apache.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I also found these pages:
>> 
>> https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-stable/dev/stream/state/schema_evolution.html
>> 
>> https://flink.apache.org/news/2020/04/15/flink-serialization-tuning-vol-1.html#avro
>> 
>> I hope this helps.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Timo
>> 
>> 
>> On 30.04.21 13:20, Sandeep khanzode wrote:
>>> Hi Timo,
>>> Thanks! I will take a look at the links.
>>> Can you please share if you have any simple (or complex) example of Avro 
>>> state data structures?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Sandeep
>>>> On 30-Apr-2021, at 4:46 PM, Timo Walther <twal...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Sandeep,
>>>> 
>>>> did you have a chance to look at this documentation page?
>>>> 
>>>> https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-stable/dev/stream/state/custom_serialization.html
>>>> 
>>>> The interfaces might not be easy to implement but are very powerful to 
>>>> address compatibility issues. You can also look into Flink serializers for 
>>>> some examples:
>>>> 
>>>> https://github.com/apache/flink/tree/master/flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/api/java/typeutils/runtime
>>>> 
>>>> Esp:
>>>> 
>>>> https://github.com/apache/flink/blob/89c6c03660a88a648bbd13b4e6696124fe46d013/flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/api/java/typeutils/runtime/PojoSerializer.java#L599
>>>> 
>>>> For the POJO logic.
>>>> 
>>>> By the way, usually we recommend Avro for state data structures if schema 
>>>> evolution is a topic.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Timo
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 29.04.21 18:10, Sandeep khanzode wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>> Is there a working example of a TypeSerializer for a Java type stored in 
>>>>> the State?
>>>>> My requirement is that I should be able to store the Java POJO entity in 
>>>>> the MapState. The state is backed by RocksDBBackend.
>>>>> If I update the entity with a new member variable, I am unable to 
>>>>> deserialise the state into the new entity.
>>>>> I checked this link.
>>>>> https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-release-1.12/dev/types_serialization.html
>>>>>  
>>>>> <https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-release-1.12/dev/types_serialization.html>
>>>>> It does mention that the POJO type is special based on the rules. Does 
>>>>> that mean that I can add or remove member variables for the POJO? I have 
>>>>> been unable to get it to work.
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Sandeep
>>>> 
>> 
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