davidradl commented on code in PR #25810:
URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/25810#discussion_r1890118108
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flink-python/pyflink/table/table_environment.py:
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@@ -657,19 +657,55 @@ def drop_temporary_table(self, table_path: str) -> bool:
"""
return self._j_tenv.dropTemporaryTable(table_path)
+ def drop_table(self, table_path: str) -> bool:
+ """
+ Drops a table registered in the given path.
+
+ Temporary objects can shadow permanent ones.
+ If a permanent object in a given path exists,
+ it will be inaccessible in the current session.
+ To make the permanent object available again
+ one can drop the corresponding temporary object.
+
+ :param table_path: The path of the registered table.
+ :return: True if a table existed in the given path and was removed.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 2.0.0
+ """
+ return self._j_tenv.dropTable(table_path)
+
def drop_temporary_view(self, view_path: str) -> bool:
"""
Drops a temporary view registered in the given path.
If a permanent table or view with a given path exists, it will be used
from now on for any queries that reference this path.
+ :param view_path: The path of the registered temporary view.
:return: True if a view existed in the given path and was removed.
.. versionadded:: 1.10.0
"""
return self._j_tenv.dropTemporaryView(view_path)
+ def dropView(self, view_path: str) -> bool:
+ """
+
+ Drops a view registered in the given path.
+
+ Temporary objects can shadow permanent ones.
Review Comment:
So for this javadoc for dropView; the view is the permanent object. In this
case is it true to say `Temporary tables and views can shadow views. If the
view has a shadow, in the current session, then the dropView will fail as the
view will not be accessible.`
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