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What is the difference between StreamPark's HOCON config support and Flink's default flink-conf.yaml?

Both describe configuration, but they differ in expressiveness and where they apply.

flink-conf.yaml is Flink's own flat YAML configuration file — key-value settings that apply cluster- or job-wide, written in plain YAML with limited structuring. StreamPark added HOCON (Human-Optimized Config Object Notation) support as an alternative way to express a job's configuration, layered on top of what Flink itself accepts.

HOCON brings features flat YAML doesn't: comments that survive parsing more predictably, substitutions and variable references within the config itself, easy merging of multiple config fragments, and a more forgiving syntax for nested structures. For a StreamPark job with a lot of custom parameters, this makes the configuration easier to read, template, and reuse across similar jobs, while Flink's own flink-conf.yaml remains the baseline the cluster itself always understands.

What does HOCON support add on top of plain flink-conf.yaml?
Is flink-conf.yaml still relevant once HOCON support is available?

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