org.apache.flink.connector.file.src.reader

Interface FileRecordFormat.Reader<T>

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, Closeable

Enclosing interface:

FileRecordFormat<T>

public static interface FileRecordFormat.Reader<T>
extends Closeable

The actual reader that reads the records.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	close() Closes the reader to release all resources.
default CheckpointedPosition	getCheckpointedPosition() Optionally returns the current position of the reader.
T	read() Reads the next record.

Method Detail

read

@Nullable
T read()
          throws IOException

Reads the next record. Returns null when the input has reached its end.

Throws:

IOException

close

void close()
    throws IOException

Closes the reader to release all resources.

Specified by:

close in interface AutoCloseable

Specified by:

close in interface Closeable

Throws:

IOException

getCheckpointedPosition

@Nullable
default CheckpointedPosition getCheckpointedPosition()

Optionally returns the current position of the reader. This can be implemented by readers that want to speed up recovery from a checkpoint.

The current position of the reader is the position of the next record that will be returned in a call to read(). This can be implemented by readers that want to speed up recovery from a checkpoint.

See the top-level class comment (section "Checkpointing") for details.