Github user uce commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/incubator-flink/pull/77#discussion_r15227435
--- Diff:
flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/core/memory/DataOutputView.java ---
@@ -51,4 +55,38 @@
* could not be read, or the output could not be
written.
*/
public void write(DataInputView source, int numBytes) throws
IOException;
+
+ /**
+ * Tells the view to keep the underlying buffers (if any) and allow
calling of {@link #seek(long)} and {@link
+ * #tell()}.
+ */
+ public void lock();
+
+ /**
+ * Tells the system to spill all underlying buffers (if any). Data
written after the current writing position might
--- End diff --
I think `spill` might be confusing in this context? In my head `memory +
spill = go to disk`. :laughing:
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