[FLINK-18605] Refactor Descriptor API (TableEnvironment#connect)

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Component/s: Table SQL / API
• Release Note: Closing as the FLIP has been modified and the new issue is FLINK-23062.
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jark Wu
• Created: 15/Jul/20 07:40
• Updated: 21/Jun/21 11:29
• Resolved: 21/Jun/21 11:26

Description

This is an umberalla issue to refactor TableEnvironment#connect API. The detailed design is shared in FLIP-129: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/FLIP-129%3A+Refactor+Descriptor+API+to+register+connectors+in+Table+API

Subtasks will be created once the FLIP is accepted.

Issue Links

• contains: FLINK-11241 Enhance TableEnvironment to connect to a catalog via a descriptor
• is a parent of: FLINK-20318 Fix cast question for properies() method in kafka ConnectorDescriptor
• is related to: FLINK-20787 Improve the Table API to solve user friction
• is superceded by: FLINK-23062 FLIP-129: Register sources/sinks in Table API