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Timo Walther commented on FLINK-9172: ------------------------------------- [~walterddr] the support for external catalogs is already there and the integration with the new unified connector API is also done. Now we can implement a {{TableCatalogFactory}} that extends {{TableFactory}} and returns an instance of {{ExternalCatalog}}. On the SQL Client side we only need to register the discovered catalog then. > Support external catalog factory that comes default with SQL-Client > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: FLINK-9172 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-9172 > Project: Flink > Issue Type: Sub-task > Reporter: Rong Rong > Assignee: Rong Rong > Priority: Major > > It will be great to have SQL-Client to support some external catalogs > out-of-the-box for SQL users to configure and utilize easily. I am currently > think of having an external catalog factory that spins up both streaming and > batch external catalog table sources and sinks. This could greatly unify and > provide easy access for SQL users. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)