[FLINK-34123] Introduce built-in serialization support for Map and List

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Done
• Affects Version/s: 1.20.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.20.0
• Component/s: API / Type Serialization System
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Release Note: Dedicated serialization support for four common Java collection types: Map, List, Set, and Collection is introduced with better serialization performance than falling back to the generic Kryo serializer.
• Assignee: Zhanghao Chen
• Reporter: Zhanghao Chen
• Created: 17/Jan/24 03:50
• Updated: 12/Jun/24 09:49
• Resolved: 27/May/24 02:02

Description

Introduce built-in serialization support for Map and List, two common collection types for which Flink already have custom serializers implemented.

Issue Links

• causes: FLINK-35555 Serializing List with null values throws NPE
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #24634
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #24925