Github user tillrohrmann commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/5676#discussion_r175811121
--- Diff:
flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/api/common/TaskInfo.java ---
@@ -107,4 +131,12 @@ public int getAttemptNumber() {
public String getTaskNameWithSubtasks() {
return this.taskNameWithSubtasks;
}
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the allocation id for where this task is executed.
+ * @return the allocation id for where this task is executed.
+ */
+ public String getAllocationID() {
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If we really want to store the `AllocationID`, then we should store it not
as a `String` but instead move `AllocationID` to `flink-core`. If this is not
needed, then I would suggest to rename it something else.
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