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ASF GitHub Bot commented on FLINK-1977:
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Github user rmetzger commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/659#discussion_r29851037
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flink-staging/flink-streaming/flink-streaming-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/api/functions/source/Source.java
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@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/*
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+ *
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+ */
+
+package org.apache.flink.streaming.api.functions.source;
+
+import org.apache.flink.api.common.functions.Function;
+import org.joda.time.Instant;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+/**
+ * Base interface for all stream data sources in Flink. The contract of a
stream source
+ * is similar to an iterator - it is consumed as in the following pseudo
code:
+ *
+ * <pre>{@code
+ * StreamSource<T> source = ...;
+ * Collector<T> out = ...;
+ * while (!source.reachedEnd()) {
+ * out.collect(source.next());
+ * }
+ * }
+ * </pre>
+ *
+ * <b>Note about blocking behavior</b>
+ * <p>This implementations of the methods in the stream sources must have
certain guarantees about
+ * blocking behavior. One of the two characteristics must be fulfilled.</p>
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>The methods must react to thread interrupt calls and break out
of blocking calls with
+ * an {@link InterruptedException}.</li>
+ * <li>The method may ignore interrupt calls and/or swallow
InterruptedExceptions, if it is guaranteed
+ * that the method returns quasi immediately irrespectively of the
input. This is true for example
+ * for file streams, where the call is guaranteed to return after
a very short I/O delay in
+ * the order of milliseconds.</li>
+ * </ul>
+ *
+ * @param <T> The type of the records produced by this source.
+ */
+public interface Source<T> extends Function, Serializable {
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Why not calling this `SourceFunction` ?
> Rework Stream Operators to always be push based
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> Key: FLINK-1977
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-1977
> Project: Flink
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: Aljoscha Krettek
> Assignee: Aljoscha Krettek
>
> This is a result of the discussion on the mailing list. This is an excerpt
> from the mailing list that gives the basic idea of the change:
> I propose to change all streaming operators to be push based, with a
> slightly improved interface: In addition to collect(), which I would
> call receiveElement() I would add receivePunctuation() and
> receiveBarrier(). The first operator in the chain would also get data
> from the outside invokable that reads from the input iterator and
> calls receiveElement() for the first operator in a chain.
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