twalthr commented on a change in pull request #18352:
URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/18352#discussion_r784159595



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File path: 
flink-table/flink-table-common/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/functions/UserDefinedFunctionHelper.java
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@@ -243,6 +244,36 @@ public static void prepareInstance(ReadableConfig config, 
UserDefinedFunction fu
         cleanFunction(config, function);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns whether a {@link UserDefinedFunction} can be easily serialized 
and identified by only
+     * a fully qualified class name. It must have a default constructor and no 
serializable fields.
+     */
+    public static boolean isClassNameSerializable(UserDefinedFunction 
function) {
+        final Class<?> functionClass = function.getClass();
+        if (!InstantiationUtil.hasPublicNullaryConstructor(functionClass)) {
+            // function must be parameterized
+            return false;
+        }
+        Class<?> currentClass = functionClass;
+        while (!currentClass.equals(UserDefinedFunction.class)) {
+            for (Field field : currentClass.getDeclaredFields()) {
+                if (!Modifier.isTransient(field.getModifiers())
+                        && !Modifier.isStatic(field.getModifiers())) {
+                    // function seems to be stateful
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+            currentClass = currentClass.getSuperclass();
+        }

Review comment:
       Even with a marker interface you need to perform this check. 
User-defined function might come in various flavors. And the more interfaces, 
the harder it gets to get the job done.




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