Github user kl0u commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/3484#discussion_r105397424
--- Diff: flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/util/OutputTag.java ---
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+package org.apache.flink.util;
+
+import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import org.apache.flink.annotation.PublicEvolving;
+import org.apache.flink.api.common.functions.InvalidTypesException;
+import org.apache.flink.api.common.typeinfo.TypeHint;
+import org.apache.flink.api.common.typeinfo.TypeInformation;
+
+
+/**
+ * An {@link OutputTag} is a typed and named tag to use for tagging side
outputs
+ * of an operator.
+ *
+ * <p>An {@code OutputTag} must always be an anonymous inner class so that
Flink can derive
+ * a {@link TypeInformation} for the generic type parameter.
+ *
+ * <p>Example:
+ * <pre>{@code
+ * OutputTag<Tuple2<String, Long>> info = new OutputTag<Tuple2<String,
Long>>("late-data"){});
+ * }</pre>
+ *
+ * @param <T> the type of elements in the side-output stream.
+ */
+@PublicEvolving
+public class OutputTag<T> implements Serializable {
+
+ private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+ private final String id;
+
+ private transient TypeInformation<T> typeInfo;
+
+ /**
+ * Creates a new named {@code OutputTag} with the given id.
+ *
+ * @param id The id of the created {@code OutputTag}.
+ */
+ public OutputTag(String id) {
+ Preconditions.checkNotNull(id, "OutputTag id cannot be null.");
+ this.id = requireNonNull(id);
+
+ try {
--- End diff --
No need for line breaking:
`TypeHint<T> typeHint = new TypeHint<T>(OutputTag.class, this, 0) {};`
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