Github user haohui commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/4556#discussion_r140823719
--- Diff:
flink-libraries/flink-table/src/main/scala/org/apache/flink/table/functions/aggfunctions/FirstValueAggFunction.scala
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+package org.apache.flink.table.functions.aggfunctions
+
+import java.math.BigDecimal
+
+import org.apache.flink.api.common.typeinfo.{BasicTypeInfo,
TypeInformation}
+import org.apache.flink.api.java.tuple.{Tuple1 => JTuple1}
+import org.apache.flink.api.java.typeutils.TupleTypeInfo
+import org.apache.flink.table.functions.AggregateFunction
+
+/**
+ * The initial accumulator for first value aggregate function
+ *
+ * @tparam T the type for the aggregation result
+ */
+class FirstValueAccumulator[T] extends JTuple1[T]
+
+abstract class FirstValueAggFunction[T] extends AggregateFunction[T,
FirstValueAccumulator[T]] {
+
+ override def createAccumulator(): FirstValueAccumulator[T] = {
+ val acc = new FirstValueAccumulator[T]
+ acc.f0 = getInitValue
+ acc
+ }
+
+ def accumulate(acc: FirstValueAccumulator[T], value: Any): Unit = {
+ if (null == acc.f0) {
+ acc.f0 = value.asInstanceOf[T]
+ }
+ }
+
+ override def getValue(acc: FirstValueAccumulator[T]): T = {
+ acc.f0
+ }
+
+ def resetAccumulator(acc: FirstValueAccumulator[T]): Unit = {
+ acc.f0 = getInitValue
+ }
+
+ def getInitValue: T = {
+ null.asInstanceOf[T]
+ }
+
+ def getValueTypeInfo: TypeInformation[T]
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Looks like the parameter can be a generic parameter
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