Github user twalthr commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/2337#discussion_r77984002
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flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/api/java/typeutils/TypeExtractor.java
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@@ -792,12 +832,40 @@ else if (t instanceof Class) {
return null;
}
-
+
+ @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"})
private <IN1> TypeInformation<?>
createTypeInfoFromInput(TypeVariable<?> returnTypeVar, ArrayList<Type>
inputTypeHierarchy, Type inType, TypeInformation<IN1> inTypeInfo) {
TypeInformation<?> info = null;
-
+
+ // use a factory to find corresponding type information to type
variable
+ final ArrayList<Type> factoryHierarchy = new
ArrayList<>(inputTypeHierarchy);
+ final TypeInfoFactory<?> factory =
getClosestFactory(factoryHierarchy, inType);
+ if (factory != null) {
+ // the type that defines the factory is last in factory
hierarchy
+ final Type factoryDefiningType =
factoryHierarchy.get(factoryHierarchy.size() - 1);
+ // defining type has generics, the factory need to be
asked for a mapping of subtypes to type information
+ if (factoryDefiningType instanceof ParameterizedType) {
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Yes, because we try to create type information from the input in this
method. This only works if a type variable connects input with output.
`Map<InType<A>, OutType<A>>`
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