twalthr commented on a change in pull request #18088: URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/18088#discussion_r769837396
########## File path: flink-table/flink-table-common/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/factories/FactoryUtil.java ########## @@ -620,10 +624,16 @@ public static String getFormatPrefix( Class<T> factoryClass, DynamicTableFactory.Context context) { final String connectorOption = context.getCatalogTable().getOptions().get(CONNECTOR.key()); if (connectorOption == null) { - throw new ValidationException( - String.format( - "Table options do not contain an option key '%s' for discovering a connector.", - CONNECTOR.key())); + ManagedTableFactory factory = + ManagedTableFactory.discoverManagedTableFactory(context.getClassLoader()); + if (!factoryClass.isAssignableFrom(factory.getClass())) { + throw new ValidationException( + String.format( + "The managed table factory '%s' dose not implement '%s'.", Review comment: the exception contains a typo and is not very nice. in the end we should have a helpful exception that includes the old exception: ``` Table options do not contain an option key '%s' for discovering a connector. Therefore, Flink assumes a managed table. However, a managed table factory is not in the classpath. ``` Either we wrap the original exception or call some internal discoverFactory with an optional return type. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@flink.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org