Github user pnowojski commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/6343#discussion_r202963074
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flink-libraries/flink-table/src/main/scala/org/apache/flink/table/catalog/ExternalTableUtil.scala
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+
+package org.apache.flink.table.catalog
+
+import java.util
+
+import org.apache.flink.table.api._
+import org.apache.flink.table.descriptors.DescriptorProperties
+import org.apache.flink.table.factories._
+import org.apache.flink.table.plan.schema._
+import org.apache.flink.table.plan.stats.FlinkStatistic
+import org.apache.flink.table.util.Logging
+
+
+/**
+ * The utility class is used to convert [[ExternalCatalogTable]] to
[[TableSourceSinkTable]].
+ *
+ * It uses [[TableFactoryService]] for discovering.
+ */
+object ExternalTableUtil extends Logging {
+
+ /**
+ * Converts an [[ExternalCatalogTable]] instance to a
[[TableSourceTable]] instance
+ *
+ * @param externalCatalogTable the [[ExternalCatalogTable]] instance
which to convert
+ * @return converted [[TableSourceTable]] instance from the input
catalog table
+ */
+ def fromExternalCatalogTable[T1, T2](
+ tableEnv: TableEnvironment,
+ externalCatalogTable: ExternalCatalogTable)
+ : TableSourceSinkTable[T1, T2] = {
+
+ val properties = new DescriptorProperties()
+ externalCatalogTable.addProperties(properties)
+ val javaMap = properties.asMap
+ val statistics = new FlinkStatistic(externalCatalogTable.getTableStats)
+
+ val source: Option[TableSourceTable[T1]] = tableEnv match {
+ // check for a batch table source in this batch environment
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drop those comments, code is already self explanatory
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