[jira] [Commented] (BEAM-25) Add user-ready API for interacting with state

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ASF GitHub Bot commented on BEAM-25:
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GitHub user kennknowles opened a pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/incubator-beam/pull/1044

    [BEAM-25] Refactor StateSpec out of StateTag

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    R: @aljoscha AND @tgroh AND @bjchambers 
    
    This is a rebase of #793 without much cleanup. The same commentary applies - I'm not totally happy with it but I want to ask for feedback.


You can merge this pull request into a Git repository by running:

    $ git pull https://github.com/kennknowles/incubator-beam StateSpec

Alternatively you can review and apply these changes as the patch at:

    https://github.com/apache/incubator-beam/pull/1044.patch

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    This closes #1044
    
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commit 1f2de1e1212cbdb5eb3c8cb7caf30b94da5e0b00
Author: Kenneth Knowles <kl...@google.com>
Date:   2016-08-05T03:50:28Z

    Create StateSpec parallel to StateTag

commit 6fa680858719eaf13edcc08aa3f3260584876fb5
Author: Kenneth Knowles <kl...@google.com>
Date:   2016-08-05T04:48:48Z

    Make StateTag carry a StateSpec separately from its id

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> Add user-ready API for interacting with state
> ---------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: BEAM-25
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-25
>             Project: Beam
>          Issue Type: Sub-task
>          Components: sdk-java-core
>            Reporter: Kenneth Knowles
>            Assignee: Kenneth Knowles
>              Labels: State
>
> Our current state API is targeted at runner implementers, not pipeline authors. As such it has many capabilities that are not necessary nor desirable for simple use cases of stateful ParDo (such as dynamic state tag creation). Implement a simple state intended for user access.
> (Details of our current thoughts in forthcoming design doc)



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