[jira] [Created] (FLINK-7452) Add helper methods for all built-in Flink types to Types

["Timo Walther (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Timo Walther created FLINK-7452:
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             Summary: Add helper methods for all built-in Flink types to Types
                 Key: FLINK-7452
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-7452
             Project: Flink
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: Type Serialization System
            Reporter: Timo Walther
            Assignee: Timo Walther


Sometimes it is very difficult to provide `TypeInformation` manually, in case some extraction fails or is not available. {{TypeHint}}s should be the preferred way but this methods can ensure correct types.

I propose to add all built-in Flink types to the {{Types}}. Such as:

{code}
Types.POJO(MyPojo.class)
Types.POJO(Map<String, TypeInformation>)
Types.GENERIC(Object.class)
Types.TUPLE(TypeInformation, ...)
Types.MAP(TypeInformation, TypeInformation)
{code}

The methods should validate that the returned type is exactly the requested type. And especially in case of POJO should help creating  {{PojoTypeInfo}}.

Once this is in place, we can deprecate the {{TypeInfoParser}}.



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