Allow user provided function to extract custom timestamp from payload in pubsubIO
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Description
Currently the PubsubIO runner only allows the caller to set a custom timestamp if the timestamp is defined in the attributes of the message. This can be problematic when the user does not control the publisher. In such a case, proper windowing of data requires the timestamp to be pulled out of the message payload.
Since a payload could have arbitrary data, the user would have to provide a Function() that would extract the timestamp from the payload:
PubsubIo.Read.timestampLabel(Function extractor);
Imported from Jira [BEAM-1936](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-1936). Original Jira may contain additional context.
Reported by: berkoben.
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Research direction
Start by locating the PubsubIO timestampLabel API and its runner implementation, then review BEAM-1936 for additional context. Define how a user-provided function extracts timestamps from message payloads and verify that the resulting timestamps support correct windowing.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- stream-processing
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100