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Xuefu Zhang edited comment on FLINK-10618 at 10/31/18 10:21 PM: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Here is the link to the design doc, which covers this JIRA as well: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SkppRD_rE3uOKSN-LuZCqn4f7dz0zW5aa6T_hBZq5_o/edit?usp=sharing. The doc is attached its parent JIRA FLINK-10744. was (Author: xuefuz): Here is the link to the design doc, which covers this JIRA as well: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SkppRD_rE3uOKSN-LuZCqn4f7dz0zW5aa6T_hBZq5_o/edit?usp=sharing. The doc was attached to FLINK-10556. > Introduce catalog for Flink tables > ---------------------------------- > > Key: FLINK-10618 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-10618 > Project: Flink > Issue Type: Sub-task > Components: SQL Client > Affects Versions: 1.6.1 > Reporter: Xuefu Zhang > Assignee: Xuefu Zhang > Priority: Major > > Besides meta objects such as tables that may come from an > {{ExternalCatalog}}, Flink also deals with tables/views/functions that are > created on the fly (in memory), or specified in a configuration file. Those > objects don't belong to any {{ExternalCatalog}}, yet Flink either stores them > in memory, which are non-persistent, or recreates them from a file, which is > a big pain for the user. Those objects are only known to Flink but Flink has > a poor management for them. > Since they are typical objects in a database catalog, it's natural to have a > catalog that manages those objects. The interface will be similar to > {{ExternalCatalog}}, which contains meta objects that are not managed by > Flink. There are several possible implementations of the Flink internal > catalog interface: memory, file, external registry (such as confluent schema > registry or Hive metastore), and relational database, etc. > The initial functionality as well as the catalog hierarchy could be very > simple. The basic functionality of the catalog will be mostly create, alter, > and drop tables, views, functions, etc. Obviously, this can evolve over the > time. > We plan to provide implementations with memory, file, and Hive metastore, and > will be plugged in at SQL-Client layer. > Please provide your feedback. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)