fqshopify commented on code in PR #174:
URL: 
https://github.com/apache/flink-connector-kafka/pull/174#discussion_r2755948694


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flink-connector-kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/connectors/kafka/config/FormatProjectionPushdownLevel.java:
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+package org.apache.flink.streaming.connectors.kafka.config;
+
+import org.apache.flink.annotation.Internal;
+
+/**
+ * Projection pushdown mode for {@link
+ * org.apache.flink.streaming.connectors.kafka.table.KafkaDynamicSource}.
+ */
+@Internal
+public enum FormatProjectionPushdownLevel {
+
+    /** The format does not support any kind of projection pushdown. */
+    NONE,
+
+    /** The format supports projection pushdown for top-level fields only. */
+    TOP_LEVEL,
+
+    /** The format supports projection pushdown for top-level and nested 
fields. */
+    ALL

Review Comment:
   No, we don't validate format compatibility at configuration time. This was 
intentional. Although I've done some of the work to figure out what level of 
projection is supported by some formats (`avro`, `csv`, `json`, 
`avro-confluent`, `debezium-avro-confluent`), the fact is there are more 
formats out there beyond those maintained by Flink or even in the open source 
ecosystem (we have some custom formats at my company for example). Even for the 
formats I've figured out, it's possible the support could potentially vary by 
version e.g. if the avro format projection pushdown 
[bugs](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-35324) are fixed. 
   
   Something we _could_ consider long-term is adding a method to 
`ProjectableDecodingFormat` to indicate its supported projection level. 
However, even that wouldn't fully solve the problem e.g. the avro format 
implements `ProjectableDecodingFormat` but doesn't actually support all 
projection pushdowns (as documented in 
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-35324).
   
   In the short-term, I've chosen to simply document the appropriate 
combinations in the flink-connector-kafka config docs 
[here](https://github.com/apache/flink-connector-kafka/blob/1f283ee629c03b8c1a35a7a64217c40fe314a4d1/flink-connector-kafka/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/connectors/kafka/table/KafkaConnectorOptions.java#L116).
 



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