An offset is a monotonically increasing metric used to track progress in the computation of a
stream. Since offsets are retrieved from a Source by a single thread, we know the global
ordering of two Offset instances. We do assume that if two offsets are equal then no
new data has arrived.
An offset is a monotonically increasing metric used to track progress in the computation of a stream. Since offsets are retrieved from a Source by a single thread, we know the global ordering of two Offset instances. We do assume that if two offsets are
equal
then no new data has arrived.