Github user fhueske commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/3406#discussion_r105141923
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flink-libraries/flink-table/src/main/scala/org/apache/flink/table/catalog/ExternalCatalog.scala
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+
+package org.apache.flink.table.catalog
+
+import java.util
+
+/**
+ * This class is responsible for interact with external catalog.
+ * Its main responsibilities including:
+ * <ul>
+ * <li> create/drop/alter database or tables for DDL operations
+ * <li> provide tables for calcite catalog, it looks up databases or
tables in the external catalog
+ * </ul>
+ */
+trait ExternalCatalog {
+
+ /**
+ * Adds table into external Catalog
+ *
+ * @param table description of table which to create
+ * @param ignoreIfExists whether to ignore operation if table already
exists
+ */
+ def createTable(table: ExternalCatalogTable, ignoreIfExists: Boolean):
Unit
+
+ /**
+ * Deletes table from external Catalog
+ *
+ * @param dbName database name
+ * @param tableName table name
+ * @param ignoreIfNotExists whether to ignore operation if table not
exist yet
+ */
+ def dropTable(dbName: String, tableName: String, ignoreIfNotExists:
Boolean): Unit
+
+ /**
+ * Modifies an existing table in the external catalog
+ *
+ * @param table description of table which to modify
+ * @param ignoreIfNotExists whether to ignore operation if table not
exist yet
+ */
+ def alterTable(table: ExternalCatalogTable, ignoreIfNotExists: Boolean):
Unit
+
+ /**
+ * Gets table from external Catalog
+ *
+ * @param dbName database name
+ * @param tableName table name
+ * @return table
+ */
+ def getTable(dbName: String, tableName: String): ExternalCatalogTable
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Do we expect `null` or an exception if the table or database does not exist?
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