Github user StephanEwen commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/5501#discussion_r173148163
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flink-metrics/flink-metrics-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/metrics/MetricGroup.java
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@@ -87,9 +89,27 @@
* @param gauge gauge to register
* @param <T> return type of the gauge
* @return the given gauge
+ * @deprecated use {@link #register(String, NumberGauge)} or {@link
#register(String, StringGauge)} instead
*/
+ @Deprecated
<T, G extends Gauge<T>> G gauge(String name, G gauge);
+ /**
+ * Registers a new {@link org.apache.flink.metrics.NumberGauge} with
Flink.
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Minor: You don't need the fully qualified class name, the JavaDocs actually
read easier with just the class names.
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