[jira] [Commented] (BEAM-1335) ValueState could use an initial/default value

["Kenneth Knowles (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Kenneth Knowles commented on BEAM-1335:
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That is a valid point. We dealt with about the same issue with the in-memory {{Source}} that is part of the {{Create}} transform. It is a requirement that we must operate successfully with elements that are not Java {{Serializable}}. So it takes some implementation, but I think once it is done the interface remains the same. Did you hit a point where you had to enlarge a user-facing API or anything like that?

> ValueState could use an initial/default value
> ---------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: BEAM-1335
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-1335
>             Project: Beam
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: sdk-java-core
>            Reporter: Kenneth Knowles
>            Priority: Minor
>              Labels: starter
>
> In writing example state code with {{ValueState}} there is almost always a use of {{firstNonNull(state.read(), defaultValue)}}. It would be nice to bake this into the declaration.



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