[GitHub] flink pull request: [FLINK-2788] [apis] Add TypeHint class to allo...

[twalthr <gi...@git.apache.org>]

Github user twalthr commented on a diff in the pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/1744#discussion_r54539847
  
    --- Diff: flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/api/common/typeinfo/TypeInformation.java ---
    @@ -175,4 +176,39 @@ public boolean isSortKeyType() {
     	 * @return true if obj can be equaled with this, otherwise false
     	 */
     	public abstract boolean canEqual(Object obj);
    +	
    +	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    +
    +	/**
    +	 * Creates a TypeInformation for the type described by the given class.
    +	 * 
    +	 * <p>This method only works for non-generic types. For generic types, use the
    +	 * {@link #of(TypeHint)} method.
    +	 *
    +	 * @param typeClass The class of the type.
    +	 * @param <T> The generic type.
    +	 *
    +	 * @return The TypeInformation object for the type described by the hint.
    +	 */
    +	public static <T> TypeInformation<T> of(Class<T> typeClass) {
    --- End diff --
    
    Should we already add an annotation here? I think this will be public API, right?


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