stevenzwu commented on a change in pull request #2105:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/2105#discussion_r564074591



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File path: 
flink/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/flink/source/assigner/SplitAssigner.java
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+
+package org.apache.iceberg.flink.source.assigner;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import org.apache.flink.api.connector.source.SplitEnumeratorContext;
+import org.apache.iceberg.flink.source.split.IcebergSourceSplit;
+import org.apache.iceberg.flink.source.split.IcebergSourceSplitStatus;
+
+/**
+ * Enumerator should call the assigner APIs from the coordinator thread.
+ * This is to simplify the thread safety for assigner implementation.
+ */
+public interface SplitAssigner extends AutoCloseable {
+
+  /**
+   * Some assigners may need to start background threads or perform other 
activity such as
+   * registering as listeners to updates from other event sources e.g., 
watermark tracker.
+   */
+  default void start() {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Some assigners may need to perform certain actions
+   * when their corresponding enumerators are closed
+   */
+  @Override
+  default void close() {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Request a new split from the assigner
+   * as enumerator trying to assign splits to awaiting readers
+   */
+  GetSplitResult getNext(@Nullable String hostname);

Review comment:
       that is true. but I am not sure we need to document the enumerator 
behavior in the assigner interface/contract. Assigner is responsible of 
returning a split if available.




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