[FLINK-8729] Migrate JSONGenerator from Sling to Jackson

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.5.0
• Component/s: Build System
• Labels: beginner easy-fix starter
• Assignee: Chesnay Schepler
• Reporter: Stephan Ewen
• Created: 21/Feb/18 13:27
• Updated: 28/Feb/19 10:52
• Resolved: 09/Mar/18 08:42

Description

The org.apache.flink.streaming.api.graph.JSONGenerator uses Slink for JSON encoding, adding an extra dependency. All other Flink parts use a specially shaded Jackson dependency.

Migrating the JSONGenerator would allow us to drop a dependency and make the code more homogeneous.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #5554