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[jira] [Created] (FLINK-16349) Use LinkedHashSet in TimeWindow.java

cpugputpu created FLINK-16349:
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             Summary: Use LinkedHashSet in TimeWindow.java
                 Key: FLINK-16349
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-16349
             Project: Flink
          Issue Type: Bug
            Reporter: cpugputpu


The test in _apache.flink,org.apache.flink.streaming.runtime.operators.windowing.MergingWindowSetTest#testMergeLargeWindowCoveringMultipleWindows_ can fail due to a different iteration order of HashSet.

The failure is presented as follows.

java.lang.AssertionError: java.lang.AssertionError: 
*Expected*: (iterable over <TimeWindow\{start=0, end=3}>, <TimeWindow\{start=5, end=8}> in any order or iterable over <TimeWindow\{start=0, end=3}>, <TimeWindow\{start=10, end=13}> in any order or iterable over <TimeWindow\{start=5, end=8}>, <TimeWindow\{start=10, end=13}> in any order)

*but was*: <TimeWindow\{start=1, end=3}, TimeWindow\{start=10, end=13}> at org.apache.flink.streaming.runtime.operators.windowing.MergingWindowSetTest.testMergeLargeWindowCoveringMultipleWindows(MergingWindowSetTest.java:358)

 

The root cause of it lies in TimeWindow.java, where _currentMerge.f1 = new LinkedHashSet<>();_ is executed. When calling _W mergedStateWindow = this.mapping.get(mergedWindows.iterator().next());_ (flink-streaming-java/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/runtime/operators/windowing/MergingWindowSet.java , line 192), the _iterator()_ of HashSet will make no guarantee about the order.

The specification about HashSet says that "it makes no guarantees as to the iteration order of the set; in particular, it does not guarantee that the order will remain constant over time". The documentation is here for your reference: [https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/HashSet.html]

 

The fix is to use LinkedHashSet instead of HashSet so that the non-deterministic behaviour is eliminated. The code will be more stable.



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