Thanks for working on this, Yong. The usability of the serialization mechanism has indeed been a pain for a long time.
The proposed changes look good to me. +1 from my side. Best, Xintong On Thu, Dec 7, 2023 at 10:36 AM Yong Fang <zjur...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi devs, > > I'd like to start a discussion about FLIP-398: Improve Serialization > Configuration And Usage In Flink [1]. > > Currently, users can register custom data types and serializers in Flink > jobs through various methods, including registration in code, > configuration, and annotations. These lead to difficulties in upgrading > Flink jobs and priority issues. > > In flink-2.0 we would like to manage job data types and serializers through > configurations. This FLIP will introduce a unified option for data type and > serializer and users can configure all custom data types and > pojo/kryo/custom serializers. In addition, this FLIP will add more built-in > serializers for complex data types such as List and Map, and optimize the > management of Avro Serializers. > > Looking forward to hearing from you, thanks! > > [1] > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/FLIP-398%3A+Improve+Serialization+Configuration+And+Usage+In+Flink > > Best, > Fang Yong >
