org.apache.beam.sdk.state

Interface Timers

@Experimental(value=TIMERS)
public interface Timers

Interface for interacting with time.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Instant	currentEventTime() Returns the current event time.
Instant	currentProcessingTime() Returns the current processing time.
Instant	currentSynchronizedProcessingTime() Returns the current synchronized processing time or null if unknown.
void	deleteTimer(Instant timestamp, TimeDomain timeDomain) Removes the timer set in this context for the timestmap and timeDomain.
void	setTimer(Instant timestamp, TimeDomain timeDomain) Sets a timer to fire when the event time watermark, the current processing time, or the synchronized processing time watermark surpasses a given timestamp.

Method Detail

setTimer

void setTimer(Instant timestamp,
              TimeDomain timeDomain)

Sets a timer to fire when the event time watermark, the current processing time, or the synchronized processing time watermark surpasses a given timestamp.

See TimeDomain for details on the time domains available.

Timers are not guaranteed to fire immediately, but will be delivered at some time afterwards.

An implementation of Timers implicitly scopes timers that are set - they may be scoped to a key and window, or a key, window, and trigger, etc.

Parameters:

timestamp - the time at which the timer should be delivered

timeDomain - the domain that the timestamp applies to

deleteTimer

void deleteTimer(Instant timestamp,
                 TimeDomain timeDomain)

Removes the timer set in this context for the timestmap and timeDomain.

currentProcessingTime

Instant currentProcessingTime()

Returns the current processing time.

currentSynchronizedProcessingTime

@Nullable
Instant currentSynchronizedProcessingTime()

Returns the current synchronized processing time or null if unknown.

currentEventTime

Instant currentEventTime()

Returns the current event time.