[FLINK-21407] Clarify which sources and APIs support which formats

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.13.6, 1.14.4, 1.15.0
• Component/s: API / DataSet, API / DataStream, Documentation
• Labels: auto-deprioritized-major pull-request-available
• Assignee: Etienne Chauchot
• Reporter: Chesnay Schepler
• Created: 18/Feb/21 18:59
• Updated: 14/Feb/22 13:38
• Resolved: 02/Dec/21 20:16

Description

The DataSet connectors documentation is essentially an empty desert amounting to "you can read files".

The DataStream connectors documentation do not mention formats like avro/parquet anywhere, nor the possibility to read from filesystems (only the sinks are documented).

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #17523
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #17640
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #17641
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #17960
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #18284
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #18285