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Stephan Ewen commented on FLINK-3002:
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All object reuse is optional to be done where possible. If you do not reuse the
objects, it is fine.
I think this is a fair case to not reuse them..
I would actually not return {{null}} in create instance, but create a {{Left}}
(arbitrary). That record is used in some parts as a reuse record, having it non
null may prevent null pointers in parts where we were not careful (just
conservative coding). Since you do not reuse the types in the methods anyways,
it is really arbitrary what non-null object you create in {{createInstance()}}.
> Add an EitherType to the Java API
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> Key: FLINK-3002
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-3002
> Project: Flink
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: Java API
> Affects Versions: 0.10.0
> Reporter: Stephan Ewen
> Assignee: Vasia Kalavri
> Fix For: 1.0.0
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> Either types are recurring patterns and should be serialized efficiently, so
> it makes sense to add them to the core Java API.
> Since Java does not have such a type as of Java 8, we would need to add our
> own version.
> The Scala API handles the Scala Either Type already efficiently. I would not
> use the Scala Either Type in the Java API, since we are trying to get the
> {{flink-java}} project "Scala free" for people that don't use Scala and o not
> want to worry about Scala version matches and mismatches.
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