Github user greghogan commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/2337#discussion_r77827675
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flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/api/common/typeinfo/TypeInfoFactory.java
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+
+package org.apache.flink.api.common.typeinfo;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.util.Map;
+import org.apache.flink.annotation.Public;
+import org.apache.flink.api.java.typeutils.TypeExtractor;
+
+/**
+ * Base class for implementing a type information factory. A type
information factory allows for
+ * plugging-in user-defined {@link TypeInformation} into the Flink type
system. The factory is
+ * called during the type extraction phase if the corresponding type has
been annotated with
+ * {@link TypeInfo}. In a hierarchy of types the closest factory will be
chosen while traversing
+ * upwards, however, a globally registered factory has highest precedence
+ * (see {@link TypeExtractor#registerFactory(Type, Class)}).
+ *
+ * @param <T> type for which {@link TypeInformation} is created
+ */
+@Public
+public abstract class TypeInfoFactory<T> {
+
+ public TypeInfoFactory() {
+ // default constructor
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What is the reason for the empty no-arg constructor?
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