[FLINK-7630] Allow passing a File or an InputStream to ParameterTool.fromPropertiesFile()

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.3.4, 1.4.0
• Assignee: Wei-Che Wei
• Reporter: Wei-Che Wei
• Created: 15/Sep/17 14:40
• Updated: 28/Feb/19 14:29
• Resolved: 12/Mar/18 15:47

Description

http://apache-flink-user-mailing-list-archive.2336050.n4.nabble.com/How-to-user-ParameterTool-fromPropertiesFile-to-get-resource-file-inside-my-jar-tp15482.html
From this discussion, it seems that the current functionality of ParameterTool.fromPropertiesFile is not enough.
It will be more useful if ParameterTool.fromPropertiesFile can provide more kinds of parameter type such as File and InputStream.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #4678