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] Yun Wang commented on FLINK-17623: ---------------------------------- Any update on this issue? I can work on it if you don't have cycles at the moment. > Elasticsearch sink should support user resource cleanup > ------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: FLINK-17623 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-17623 > Project: Flink > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Connectors / ElasticSearch > Reporter: Yun Wang > Priority: Major > Labels: usability > Fix For: 1.12.0 > > > There should be a way for an > [ElasticsearchSinkFunction|[https://github.com/apache/flink/blob/master/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch-base/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/connectors/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchSinkFunction.java]] > implementation to use resources with the same lifecycle as the Elasticsearch > sink, for example, an > [RestHighLevelClient|[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/java-rest/master/java-rest-high.html]]. > Currently there is no way to clean up such resources. > This can be achieved by either of the below: > # Expose a `close()` method in the ElasticsearchSinkFunction interface, and > invoke the close method from [ElasticsearchSinkBase.close > |[https://github.com/apache/flink/blob/master/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch-base/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/connectors/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchSinkBase.java|https://github.com/apache/flink/blob/master/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch-base/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/connectors/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchSinkBase.java#L331]]. > # Make the > [ElasticsearchSink|[https://github.com/apache/flink/blob/master/flink-connectors/flink-connector-elasticsearch6/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/connectors/elasticsearch6/ElasticsearchSink.java]] > class extendable. > -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)
