nsivabalan commented on a change in pull request #4724:
URL: https://github.com/apache/hudi/pull/4724#discussion_r818086025



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File path: 
hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/model/HoodieRecordPayload.java
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@@ -58,6 +58,31 @@ default T preCombine(T oldValue, Properties properties) {
     return preCombine(oldValue);
   }
 
+  /**
+   *When more than one HoodieRecord have the same HoodieKey in the incoming 
batch, this function combines them before attempting to insert/upsert by taking 
in a property map.
+   *
+   * @param oldValue instance of the old {@link HoodieRecordPayload} to be 
combined with.
+   * @param properties Payload related properties. For example pass the 
ordering field(s) name to extract from value in storage.
+   * @param schema Schema used for record
+   * @return the combined value
+   */
+  @PublicAPIMethod(maturity = ApiMaturityLevel.STABLE)
+  default T preCombine(T oldValue, Properties properties, Schema schema) {

Review comment:
       CC @rmahindra123 who encountered a necessity to do preCombine but to 
combine bits and pieces from both records to return a new one. Rajesh: do you 
wanna go over your use-case may be. 
   




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