[FLINK-11240] Implement external catalog factory and descriptor

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.9.0
• Component/s: Table SQL / API
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Eron Wright
• Reporter: Eron Wright
• Created: 31/Dec/18 22:37
• Updated: 02/Apr/19 19:38
• Resolved: 02/Apr/19 19:38

Description

Similar to the efforts done in FLINK-8240 and FLINK-8866, implement descriptor-based loading of external catalogs.

Issue Links

• blocks: FLINK-9172 Support catalogs in SQL-Client yaml config file
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #7390