vinothchandar commented on a change in pull request #2141:
URL: https://github.com/apache/hudi/pull/2141#discussion_r499274425



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File path: 
hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/model/HoodieRecordPayload.java
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@@ -41,9 +41,23 @@
    * When more than one HoodieRecord have the same HoodieKey, this function 
combines them before attempting to
    * insert/upsert (if combining turned on in HoodieClientConfig).
    */
-  @PublicAPIMethod(maturity = ApiMaturityLevel.STABLE)
+  @Deprecated
   T preCombine(T another);
 
+  /**
+   * When more than one HoodieRecord have the same HoodieKey, this function 
combines them before attempting to
+   * insert/upsert (if combining turned on in HoodieClientConfig).
+   * Any custom Record payload implementation that requires schema must 
override this method.
+   *
+   * @param another Record payload to combine with.
+   * @param schema  Schema used for writing to dataset.
+   * @return Combined Record.
+   */
+  @PublicAPIMethod(maturity = ApiMaturityLevel.STABLE)
+  default T preCombine(T another, Schema schema) {

Review comment:
       Could we just introduce a config that simply uses 
`combineAndGetUpdateValue()` to perform the preCombine as well. We have debated 
doing this for a while. Do you see a reason not to do something like that.  




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