[FLINK-2488] Expose attemptNumber in RuntimeContext

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.10.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.0.0
• Component/s: Runtime / Coordination
• Assignee: Sachin Goel
• Reporter: Robert Metzger
• Created: 05/Aug/15 12:34
• Updated: 28/Feb/19 14:01
• Resolved: 07/Dec/15 13:58

Description

It would be nice to expose the attemptNumber of a task in the RuntimeContext.
This would allow user code to behave differently in restart scenarios.