sjwiesman commented on a change in pull request #13912:
URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/13912#discussion_r574067926
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File path:
flink-streaming-java/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/api/environment/StreamExecutionEnvironment.java
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@@ -562,27 +566,30 @@ public CheckpointingMode getCheckpointingMode() {
}
/**
- * Sets the state backend that describes how to store and checkpoint
operator state. It defines
- * both which data structures hold state during execution (for example
hash tables, RockDB, or
- * other data stores) as well as where checkpointed data will be persisted.
+ * Sets the state backend that describes how to store operator. It defines
the data structures
+ * that hold state during execution (for example hash tables, RocksDB, or
other data stores).
Review comment:
From a user perspecitve the state backend stores state locally while
checkpoint storage defines how it is checkpointed. I understand under the hood
its fuzzier than that but I think this javadoc is correct.
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