Github user zentol commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/5182#discussion_r160132296
--- Diff:
flink-metrics/flink-metrics-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/metrics/groups/UnregisteredMetricsGroup.java
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@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public MetricGroup addGroup(String key, String value) {
@Override
public Map<String, String> getAllVariables() {
- return Collections.emptyMap();
+ return new HashMap<>();
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is this change necessary?---
