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package org.apache.flink.api.common.state;
import org.apache.flink.annotation.PublicEvolving;
/**
* {@link State} interface for reducing state. Elements can be added to the state, they will
* be combined using a reduce function. The current state can be inspected.
*
* <p>The state is accessed and modified by user functions, and checkpointed consistently
* by the system as part of the distributed snapshots.
*
* <p>The state is only accessible by functions applied on a KeyedDataStream. The key is
* automatically supplied by the system, so the function always sees the value mapped to the
* key of the current element. That way, the system can handle stream and state partitioning
* consistently together.
*
* @param <T> Type of the value in the operator state
*/
@PublicEvolving
public interface ReducingState<T> extends MergingState<T, T> {}