[FLINK-11448] Clean-up and prepare Table API to be uncoupled from table core

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Resolved
• Fix Version/s: 1.9.0
• Component/s: Table SQL / API
• Labels: auto-unassigned
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Timo Walther
• Created: 29/Jan/19 10:34
• Updated: 05/Jul/21 15:35
• Resolved: 05/Jul/21 15:35

Description

A more detailed description can be found in FLIP-32.

This step aims to provide a clean API that is preferably implemented in Java and uncoupled from the table core. Ideally, the API consists of well-documented interfaces. A planner can provide an implementation for those.

Issue Links

• is a parent of: FLINK-11067 Convert TableEnvironments to interfaces
• is a parent of: FLINK-11449 Uncouple the Expression class from RexNodes
• is a parent of: FLINK-11884 Port Table to flink-api-java
• is a parent of: FLINK-12710 Unify built-in and user-defined functions in the API modules
• is a parent of: FLINK-12769 Simplify expression design for symbols
• is a parent of: FLINK-10755 Port external catalogs in Table API extension points to flink-table-common
• is a parent of: FLINK-11068 Convert the API classes *Table, *Window to interfaces
• is a parent of: FLINK-11200 Port DataView classes to flink-table-common
• is a parent of: FLINK-11450 Port and move TableSource and TableSink to flink-table-common
• is a parent of: FLINK-11451 Move *QueryConfig and TableDescriptor to flink-table-api-java
• is a parent of: FLINK-11516 Port and move some Descriptor classes to flink-table-common
• is a parent of: FLINK-11522 Deprecate ExternalCatalogTable.builder()
• is a parent of: FLINK-11728 Deprecate CalciteConfig temporarily
• is a parent of: FLINK-11785 Replace case class Null(type) in Table API
• is a parent of: FLINK-12690 Introduce Table API Planner interface
• is a parent of: FLINK-12798 Port TableEnvironment to flink-api modules
• is a parent of: FLINK-12977 Port CsvTableSource and CsvTableSink to api-java-bridge