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Aljoscha Krettek commented on FLINK-2236:
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The {{RowSerializer}} is already independent of the {{CaseClassSerializer}} so
it could be extended to be able to handle null values. The only problem is that
we have to find a way to get data into {{Row}}s in the first place. Right now a
Table is always created from a Tuple or Pojo {{DataSet}} and Tuples don't
support null values.
> RowSerializer and CaseClassComparator are not in sync regarding Null-Values
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> Key: FLINK-2236
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-2236
> Project: Flink
> Issue Type: Bug
> Affects Versions: 0.10
> Reporter: Aljoscha Krettek
> Priority: Blocker
> Fix For: 0.10
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> The RowSerializer was recently updated to allow it to handle null values.
> This changes the binary layout of the serialised data. CaseClassComparator,
> which is used for comparison, is not aware of this new layout and therefore
> fails. The problem only occurs when a key is long enough to exceed the
> normalised-key length, that's why the tests fail to notice the bug.
> I think the solution is to modify all Tuple-like serializers/comparators
> (TupleComparatorBase, CaseClassComparator, TupleSerializer,
> CaseClassSerializer, RowSerializer) to handle null-values, thus bringing the
> binary format in sync again.
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