Github user StefanRRichter commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/6062#discussion_r191730978
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flink-streaming-java/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/api/operators/TimerHeapInternalTimer.java
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+
+package org.apache.flink.streaming.api.operators;
+
+import org.apache.flink.annotation.Internal;
+import org.apache.flink.api.common.typeutils.CompatibilityResult;
+import org.apache.flink.api.common.typeutils.TypeSerializer;
+import org.apache.flink.api.common.typeutils.TypeSerializerConfigSnapshot;
+import org.apache.flink.api.common.typeutils.base.LongSerializer;
+import org.apache.flink.core.memory.DataInputView;
+import org.apache.flink.core.memory.DataOutputView;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of {@link InternalTimer} for the {@link
InternalTimerHeap}.
+ *
+ * @param <K> Type of the keys to which timers are scoped.
+ * @param <N> Type of the namespace to which timers are scoped.
+ */
+@Internal
+public final class TimerHeapInternalTimer<K, N> implements
InternalTimer<K, N> {
+
+ /** The index that indicates that a tracked internal timer is not
tracked. */
+ private static final int NOT_MANAGED_BY_TIMER_QUEUE_INDEX =
Integer.MIN_VALUE;
+
+ private final long timestamp;
+
+ private final K key;
+
+ private final N namespace;
+
+ /**
+ * This field holds the current physical index of this timer when it is
managed by a timer heap so that we can
+ * support fast deletes.
+ */
+ private transient int timerHeapIndex;
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I like to do this to communicate that this should not be considered for
serialization, even if that means for custom serializers and not Java
serialization.
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