[STORM-2081] create external directory for storm-sql various data sources and move storm-sql-kafka to it

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0, 1.1.0, 1.0.3
• Component/s: storm-sql
• Epic Link: Storm SQL - expand supporting external components
• Assignee: Xin Wang
• Reporter: Xin Wang
• Created: 04/Sep/16 11:12
• Updated: 06/Sep/16 04:59
• Resolved: 06/Sep/16 04:59

Description

this is a sub task that is part of storm-sql phase III

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/storm-dev/201609.mbox/%3CJIRA.13001879.1472699329000.470211.1472745081393%40Atlassian.JIRA%3E

For now Storm SQL only supports Kafka as a data source, which is limited for normal use cases.
We would need to support others as well. Candidates are external modules.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1672