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package org.apache.flink.runtime.state;
import org.apache.flink.api.common.state.State;
import org.apache.flink.api.common.state.StateDescriptor;
import org.apache.flink.api.common.typeutils.TypeSerializer;
import org.apache.flink.runtime.state.heap.InternalKeyContext;
/**
* A keyed state backend provides methods for managing keyed state.
*
* @param The key by which state is keyed.
*/
public interface KeyedStateBackend extends InternalKeyContext {
/**
* Sets the current key that is used for partitioned state.
* @param newKey The new current key.
*/
void setCurrentKey(K newKey);
/**
* Creates or retrieves a keyed state backed by this state backend.
*
* @param namespaceSerializer The serializer used for the namespace type of the state
* @param stateDescriptor The identifier for the state. This contains name and can create a default state value.
*
* @param The type of the namespace.
* @param The type of the state.
*
* @return A new key/value state backed by this backend.
*
* @throws Exception Exceptions may occur during initialization of the state and should be forwarded.
*/
S getOrCreateKeyedState(
TypeSerializer namespaceSerializer,
StateDescriptor stateDescriptor) throws Exception;
/**
* Creates or retrieves a partitioned state backed by this state backend.
*
* TODO: NOTE: This method does a lot of work caching / retrieving states just to update the namespace.
* This method should be removed for the sake of namespaces being lazily fetched from the keyed
* state backend, or being set on the state directly.
*
* @param stateDescriptor The identifier for the state. This contains name and can create a default state value.
*
* @param The type of the namespace.
* @param The type of the state.
*
* @return A new key/value state backed by this backend.
*
* @throws Exception Exceptions may occur during initialization of the state and should be forwarded.
*/
S getPartitionedState(
N namespace,
TypeSerializer namespaceSerializer,
StateDescriptor stateDescriptor) throws Exception;
/**
* Closes the backend and releases all resources.
*/
void dispose();
}