flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/api/common/eventtime/WatermarkGeneratorSupplier.java

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package org.apache.flink.api.common.eventtime;

import org.apache.flink.annotation.PublicEvolving;
import org.apache.flink.metrics.MetricGroup;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * A supplier for {@link WatermarkGenerator WatermarkGenerators}. The supplier pattern is used to
 * avoid having to make {@link WatermarkGenerator} {@link Serializable} for use in API methods.
 *
 * <p>This interface is {@link Serializable} because the supplier may be shipped to workers during
 * distributed execution.
 */
@PublicEvolving
@FunctionalInterface
public interface WatermarkGeneratorSupplier<T> extends Serializable {

    /** Instantiates a {@link WatermarkGenerator}. */
    WatermarkGenerator<T> createWatermarkGenerator(Context context);

    /**
     * Additional information available to {@link #createWatermarkGenerator(Context)}. This can be
     * access to {@link org.apache.flink.metrics.MetricGroup MetricGroups}, for example.
     */
    interface Context {

        /**
         * Returns the metric group for the context in which the created {@link WatermarkGenerator}
         * is used.
         *
         * <p>Instances of this class can be used to register new metrics with Flink and to create a
         * nested hierarchy based on the group names. See {@link MetricGroup} for more information
         * for the metrics system.
         *
         * @see MetricGroup
         */
        MetricGroup getMetricGroup();
    }
}