ReadableState (core 2.44.0 API)

Type Parameters:

T - The type of value returned by read().

All Known Subinterfaces:

BagState<T>, CombiningState<InputT,AccumT,OutputT>, GroupingState<InputT,OutputT>, OrderedListState<T>, SetState<T>, ValueState<T>, WatermarkHoldState
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@Experimental(STATE)
public interface ReadableState<T>
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A State that can be read via read().
Use readLater() for marking several states for prefetching. Runners can potentially batch these into one read.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`T`	`read()`	Read the current value, blocking until it is available.
`ReadableState<T>`	`readLater()`	Indicate that the value will be read later.

- Method Detail
  - read
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T read()
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    Read the current value, blocking until it is available.
    If there will be many calls to read() for different state in short succession, you should first call readLater() for all of them so the reads can potentially be batched (depending on the underlying implementation}.
    The returned object should be independent of the underlying state. Any direct modification of the returned object should not modify state without going through the appropriate state interface, and modification to the state should not be mirrored in the returned object.
  - readLater
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ReadableState<T> readLater()
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    Indicate that the value will be read later.
    This allows an implementation to start an asynchronous prefetch or to include this state in the next batch of reads.
    
    Returns:
    
    this for convenient chaining