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[jira] [Assigned] (FLINK-17074) Deprecate DataStream.keyBy() that
use tuple/expression keys
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-17074?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]
Maximilian Michels reassigned FLINK-17074:
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Assignee: Etienne Chauchot
> Deprecate DataStream.keyBy() that use tuple/expression keys
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> Key: FLINK-17074
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-17074
> Project: Flink
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: API / DataStream
> Reporter: Aljoscha Krettek
> Assignee: Etienne Chauchot
> Priority: Major
> Labels: starter
> Fix For: 1.11.0
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> Currently you can either specify a {{KeySelector}}, tuple positions, and expression keys? I think {{KeySelectors}} are strictly superior and with lambdas (or function references) quite easy to use. Tuple/expression keys use reflection underneath to do the field accesses, so performance is strictly worse. Also, when using a {{KeySelector}} you will have a meaningful key type {{KEY}} in your operations while for tuple/expression keys the key type is simply {{Tuple}}.
> Tuple/expression keys were introduced before Java got support for lambdas in Java 8 and before we added the Table API. Nowadays, using a lambda is little more typing than using an expression key but is (possibly) faster and more type safe. The Table API should be used for these more expression-based/relational use cases.
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