org.apache.flink.datastream.api.context

Interface ProcessingTimeManager

@Experimental
public interface ProcessingTimeManager

This is responsibility for managing runtime information related to processing time of process function.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
long	currentTime() Get the current processing time.
void	deleteTimer(long timestamp) Deletes the processing-time timer with the given trigger timestamp.
void	registerTimer(long timestamp) Register a processing timer for this process function.

Method Detail

registerTimer

void registerTimer(long timestamp)

Register a processing timer for this process function. `onProcessingTimer` method of this function will be invoked as callback if the timer expires.

Parameters:

timestamp - to trigger timer callback.

deleteTimer

void deleteTimer(long timestamp)

Deletes the processing-time timer with the given trigger timestamp. This method has only an effect if such a timer was previously registered and did not already expire.

Parameters:

timestamp - indicates the timestamp of the timer to delete.

currentTime

long currentTime()

Get the current processing time.

Returns:

current processing time.