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Posted to dev@beam.apache.org by Frances Perry <fr...@apache.org> on 2017/12/01 04:13:50 UTC

Re: [DISCUSS] [DOC] Triggering is for sinks!

I love this idea -- long live the separation of business logic and runtime
requirements.

On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 12:06 PM, Kenneth Knowles <kl...@google.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Triggers are one of the more novel aspects of Beam's support for unbounded
> data. They are also one of the most challenging aspects of the model.
>
> Ben & I have been working on a major new idea for how triggers could work
> in the Beam model. We think it will make triggers much more usable, create
> new opportunities for no-knobs execution/optimization, and improve
> compatibility with DSLs like SQL. (also eliminate a whole class of bugs)
>
> Triggering is for sinks!
>
>     https://s.apache.org/beam-sink-triggers
>
> Please take a look at this "1"-pager and give feedback.
>
> Kenn
>