Package org.apache.flink.state.api.runtime

Class SavepointLoader

java.lang.Object

org.apache.flink.state.api.runtime.SavepointLoader

@Internal
public final class SavepointLoader
extends Object

Utility class for loading CheckpointMetadata metadata.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static org.apache.flink.runtime.checkpoint.metadata.CheckpointMetadata	loadSavepointMetadata(String savepointPath)	Takes the given string (representing a pointer to a checkpoint) and resolves it to a file status for the checkpoint's metadata file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

loadSavepointMetadata

public static org.apache.flink.runtime.checkpoint.metadata.CheckpointMetadata loadSavepointMetadata(String savepointPath)
                                                                                             throws IOException

Takes the given string (representing a pointer to a checkpoint) and resolves it to a file status for the checkpoint's metadata file.

This should only be used when the user code class loader is the current classloader for the thread.

Parameters:

savepointPath - The path to an external savepoint.

Returns:

A state handle to savepoint's metadata.

Throws:

IOException - Thrown, if the path cannot be resolved, the file system not accessed, or the path points to a location that does not seem to be a savepoint.