Github user fhueske commented on the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/1784#issuecomment-196194991
This patch breaks the stable (`@Public`) API. Hence, it should not be
applied for a 1.x release.
Is returning a Java `DataStreamSink` a real problem or just an
inconsistency of the API?
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