Class Checkpoints

java.lang.Object
org.apache.flink.runtime.checkpoint.Checkpoints

public class Checkpoints extends Object
A utility class with the methods to write/load/dispose the checkpoint and savepoint metadata.

Stored checkpoint metadata files have the following format:

[MagicNumber (int) | Format Version (int) | Checkpoint Metadata (variable)]

The actual savepoint serialization is version-specific via the MetadataSerializer.