[jira] [Created] (FLINK-13167) Introduce FlinkML import/export framework

[Shang Yuanchun (Jira)]

Luo Gen created FLINK-13167:
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             Summary: Introduce FlinkML import/export framework
                 Key: FLINK-13167
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-13167
             Project: Flink
          Issue Type: Sub-task
          Components: Library / Machine Learning
            Reporter: Luo Gen
            Assignee: Luo Gen


Import/export a trained model is an important part in machine learning lifecycle, especially for serving purpose, hence it triggered a heatedly discussion in the previous pull request for FlinkML basic interfaces. Some thoughts about this are summarized in the following doc.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B84b-1CvOXtwWQ6_tQyiaHwnSeiRqh-V96Or8uHqCp8/edit?usp=sharing

The jira will introduce the import/export framework based on these discussion. Import and export framework have almost the same structure so we take export for example. Export framework has 3 basic components, including 2 interfaces for exporter authors to implement, and one util class for end-users to acquire an Exporter.

Interfaces:
 - Exporter: Interface of model exporters. Implementations can export supported models to a specific target model type, such as PMML.

- ExporterFactory: Interface of factories to create Exporters. Each implementation supports only one model type. Typically an ExporterFactory is given a model instance with a property map if needed, and returns an Exporter that supports the model to export to target model type. ExporterFactories are loaded with ServiceLoader framework of Java, and should be registered in the file "META-INF/services/org.apache.flink.ml.api.misc.exportation.ExporterFactory".

Utility:
 - ExporterLoader: Loader to get an Exporter for a specific model format and a model instance. Users would get Exporters via this class rather than directly creating with constructors. This is a concrete util class and no one needs to override it.

Besides, a new enumeration named ModelType is also introduced, listing all types FlinkML may support. This would be extended when a new exporter support a new type.



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