[FLINK-12408] Support to define all kinds of types in Python API

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.9.0
• Component/s: API / Python
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Dian Fu
• Reporter: Dian Fu
• Created: 06/May/19 03:35
• Updated: 24/May/19 10:02
• Resolved: 24/May/19 10:01

Description

The aim of this ticket is to:
1) Allows users to define all kinds of types in Python API besides the primitive types which are already supported, such as map, array, row, user defined type, etc.

2) Adds basic utilities which can be used to infer types from data, etc.

Issue Links

• Blocked: FLINK-12588 Add TableSchema for Python Table API
• blocks: FLINK-12409 Adds from_elements in TableEnvironment
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #8420