[FLINK-23513] Remove old connectors and formats stack around descriptors

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.14.0
• Labels: pull-request-available

Release Note

The legacy versions of the SQL Kafka connector and SQL Elasticsearch connector have been removed together with their corresponding legacy formats. DDL or descriptors that still use 'connector.type=' or 'format.type=' options need to be updated to the new connector and formats available via the 'connector=' option.

• Assignee: Ingo Bürk
• Reporter: Ingo Bürk
• Created: 27/Jul/21 07:57
• Updated: 16/Mar/22 08:54
• Resolved: 04/Aug/21 12:21

Description

This removes the old connectors and formats stack that has been deprecated as part of FLIP-95. The stack used the outdated org.apache.flink.table.factories.TableFactory which has been replaced with subclasses of org.apache.flink.table.factories.Factory. Also the corresponding descriptors from org.apache.flink.table.descriptors have been removed due to the removal of TableEnvironment#connect. It has been replaced with the new org.apache.flink.table.api.TableDescriptor.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #16638