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Fabian Hueske commented on FLINK-2168: -------------------------------------- The internals of the Table API are currently heavily refactored. At the moment, it does make much sense to work on this issue. However, adding external data source to the Table API is still on the roadmap. Please see the [design document for SQL on Flink|https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TLayJNOTBle_-m1rQfgA6Ouj1oYsfqRjPcp1h2TVqdI/edit?ts=568ba253#] and the issue for porting the Table API on top of Apache Calcite FLINK-3221. > Add fromHBase() to TableEnvironment > ----------------------------------- > > Key: FLINK-2168 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-2168 > Project: Flink > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: Table API > Affects Versions: 0.9 > Reporter: Fabian Hueske > Assignee: Wilmer DAZA > Priority: Minor > Labels: starter > > Add a {{fromHBase()}} method to the {{TableEnvironment}} to read a {{Table}} > from a HBase table. > The implementation could reuse Flink's HBaseInputFormat. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)