org.apache.flink.api.common.externalresource

Interface ExternalResourceDriverFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

GPUDriverFactory

@PublicEvolving
public interface ExternalResourceDriverFactory

Factory for ExternalResourceDriver. Instantiate a driver with configuration.

Drivers that can be instantiated with a factory automatically qualify for being loaded as a plugin, so long as the driver jar is self-contained (excluding Flink dependencies) and contains a META-INF/services/org.apache.flink.api.common.externalresource.ExternalResourceDriverFactory file containing the qualified class name of the factory.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ExternalResourceDriver	createExternalResourceDriver(Configuration config) Construct the ExternalResourceDriver from configuration.

Method Detail

createExternalResourceDriver

ExternalResourceDriver createExternalResourceDriver(Configuration config)
                                             throws Exception

Construct the ExternalResourceDriver from configuration.

Parameters:

config - configuration for this external resource

Returns:

the driver for this external resource

Throws:

Exception - if there is something wrong during the creation