Github user kl0u commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/6171#discussion_r198473426
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flink-libraries/flink-cep/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/cep/nfa/aftermatch/AfterMatchSkipStrategy.java
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+
+package org.apache.flink.cep.nfa.aftermatch;
+
+import org.apache.flink.cep.nfa.ComputationState;
+import org.apache.flink.cep.nfa.sharedbuffer.EventId;
+import org.apache.flink.cep.nfa.sharedbuffer.SharedBuffer;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+
+/**
+ * Indicate the skip strategy after a match process.
+ */
+public abstract class AfterMatchSkipStrategy implements Serializable {
+
+ private static final long serialVersionUID = -4048930333619068531L;
+
+ /**
+ * Discards every partial match that contains event of the match
preceding the first of *PatternName*.
+ *
+ * @param patternName the pattern name to skip to
+ * @return the created AfterMatchSkipStrategy
+ */
+ public static AfterMatchSkipStrategy skipToFirst(String patternName) {
+ return new SkipToFirstStrategy(patternName);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Discards every partial match that contains event of the match
preceding the last of *PatternName*.
+ *
+ * @param patternName the pattern name to skip to
+ * @return the created AfterMatchSkipStrategy
+ */
+ public static AfterMatchSkipStrategy skipToLast(String patternName) {
+ return new SkipToLastStrategy(patternName);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Discards every partial match that contains event of the match.
+ *
+ * @return the created AfterMatchSkipStrategy
+ */
+ public static AfterMatchSkipStrategy skipPastLastEvent() {
+ return SkipPastLastStrategy.INSTANCE;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Every possible match will be emitted.
+ *
+ * @return the created AfterMatchSkipStrategy
+ */
+ public static AfterMatchSkipStrategy noSkip() {
+ return NoSkipStrategy.INSTANCE;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Tells if the strategy may skip some matches.
+ *
+ * @return false if the strategy is NO_SKIP strategy
+ */
+ public abstract boolean isSkipStrategy();
+
+ /**
+ * Prunes matches/partial matches based on the chosen strategy.
+ *
+ * @param partialMatches current partial matches
+ * @param matchedResult already completed matches
+ * @param sharedBuffer corresponding shared buffer
+ * @throws Exception thrown if could not access the state
+ */
+ public void prune(
+ Collection<ComputationState> partialMatches,
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The name `partialMatches` is misleading because we use it also with the
`completedMatches`.
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