[FLINK-7147] Support greedy quantifier in CEP

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Component/s: Library / CEP, Table SQL / API
• Assignee: Dian Fu
• Reporter: Dian Fu
• Created: 11/Jul/17 08:01
• Updated: 28/Aug/17 04:51
• Resolved: 24/Aug/17 07:18

Description

Greedy quantifier will try to match the token as many times as possible. For example, for pattern a b* c (skip till next is used) and inputs a b1 b2 c, if the quantifier for b is greedy, it will only output a b1 b2 c.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #4296