Github user kl0u commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/3501#discussion_r105377789
--- Diff:
flink-streaming-java/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/api/datastream/KeyedStream.java
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@@ -114,9 +121,53 @@ public KeyedStream(DataStream<T> dataStream,
KeySelector<T, KEY> keySelector, Ty
dataStream.getTransformation(),
new KeyGroupStreamPartitioner<>(keySelector,
StreamGraphGenerator.DEFAULT_LOWER_BOUND_MAX_PARALLELISM)));
this.keySelector = keySelector;
- this.keyType = keyType;
+ this.keyType = validateKeyType(keyType);
}
-
+
+ private TypeInformation<KEY> validateKeyType(TypeInformation<KEY>
keyType) {
+ Stack<TypeInformation<?>> stack = new Stack<>();
+ stack.push(keyType);
+
+ while (!stack.isEmpty()) {
+ TypeInformation<?> typeInfo = stack.pop();
+
+ if (!validateKeyTypeIsHashable(typeInfo)) {
+ throw new InvalidProgramException("This type ("
+ keyType + ") cannot be used as key.");
+ }
+
+ if (typeInfo instanceof TupleTypeInfoBase) {
+ for (int i = 0; i < typeInfo.getArity(); i++) {
+ stack.push(((TupleTypeInfoBase)
typeInfo).getTypeAt(i));
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ return keyType;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Validates that a given type of element (as encoded by the provided
{@link TypeInformation}) can be
+ * used as a key in the {@code DataStream.keyBy()} operation.
+ *
+ * @return {@code false} if:
--- End diff --
I think it is worth having it also here for users of the method. The more
the places that the user can find the required information, the better.
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