wuchong commented on a change in pull request #11651: [FLINK-16995][table-common] Add new data structure interfaces in table-common URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/11651#discussion_r406747759
########## File path: flink-table/flink-table-common/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/data/StringData.java ########## @@ -23,43 +23,48 @@ import org.apache.flink.table.types.logical.VarCharType; /** - * {@link StringData} is an internal data structure represents data of {@link VarCharType} - * and {@link CharType} in Flink Table/SQL. + * An internal data structure representing data of {@link CharType} and {@link VarCharType}. + * + * <p>This data structure is immutable. Review comment: BinaryStringData is mutable, because it is lazy (de)serialized. The binary is lazily materialized when needed, so it's not thread-safe. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org With regards, Apache Git Services