Github user gyfora commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/1305#discussion_r45473713 --- Diff: flink-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/runtime/state/StateBackend.java --- @@ -64,33 +64,35 @@ /** * Closes the state backend, releasing all internal resources, but does not delete any persistent * checkpoint data. - * + * * @throws Exception Exceptions can be forwarded and will be logged by the system */ public abstract void close() throws Exception; - + // ------------------------------------------------------------------------ // key/value state // ------------------------------------------------------------------------ /** * Creates a key/value state backed by this state backend. - * + * + * @param operatorId Unique id for the operator creating the state + * @param stateName Name of the created state * @param keySerializer The serializer for the key. * @param valueSerializer The serializer for the value. * @param defaultValue The value that is returned when no other value has been associated with a key, yet. * @param <K> The type of the key. * @param <V> The type of the value. - * + * * @return A new key/value state backed by this backend. - * + * * @throws Exception Exceptions may occur during initialization of the state and should be forwarded. */ - public abstract <K, V> KvState<K, V, Backend> createKvState( + public abstract <K, V> KvState<K, V, Backend> createKvState(int operatorId, String stateName, --- End diff -- You might be right that state name and operator id is too api specific, but we will need ways to globally identify states which is impossible without that I think currently.
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