Hello, For a programmatic use in Java of the Flink REST API, which of these options would be the best choice?
1. Direct use via a REST client 2. The RestClusterClient<https://nightlies.apache.org/flink/flink-docs-stable/api/java/index.html?org/apache/flink/client/program/rest/RestClusterClient.html> API RestClusterClient is appealing, because it embeds a bunch of code that we wouldn't need to write and maintain. But I also see reasons to stay away from it: 1. Its javadoc<https://javadoc.io/doc/org.apache.flink/flink-clients/latest/index.html> can be found by searching the web (versioned per version of Flink / flink-clients), but I didn't find a user documentation. https://nightlies.apache.org/flink/flink-docs-stable/ doesn't seem to mention RestClusterClient. 2. Its API isn't marked @Public nor @PublicEvolving. 3. In 2019, Till Rohrmann (Flink PMC member) wrote: "Flink's cluster REST API has been designed to work with any REST client. The RestClusterClient which comes with the flink-clients module is intended for internal usage." https://stackoverflow.com/a/56127387/1723384 4. If at a later time we would bring authentication to the Flink REST API, say via nginx proxy side-car, RestClusterClient wouldn't know how to deal with it. Do I miss something? Would the community nowadays recommend using RestClusterClient, at least in situations without authentication? Thanks, Adrian Unless otherwise stated above: Compagnie IBM France Siège Social : 17, avenue de l'Europe, 92275 Bois-Colombes Cedex RCS Nanterre 552 118 465 Forme Sociale : S.A.S. Capital Social : 664 069 390,60 € SIRET : 552 118 465 03644 - Code NAF 6203Z
