Github user sunjincheng121 commented on a diff in the pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/3808#discussion_r114697114
  
    --- Diff: 
flink-libraries/flink-table/src/main/scala/org/apache/flink/table/expressions/fieldExpression.scala
 ---
    @@ -150,3 +133,30 @@ case class WindowReference(name: String) extends 
Attribute {
         }
       }
     }
    +
    +abstract class TimeAttribute(val expression: Expression)
    +  extends UnaryExpression
    +  with NamedExpression {
    +
    +  override private[flink] def child: Expression = expression
    +
    +  override private[flink] def name: String = expression match {
    +    case UnresolvedFieldReference(name) => name
    +    case _ => throw new ValidationException("Unresolved field reference 
expected.")
    +  }
    +
    +  override private[flink] def toAttribute: Attribute =
    +    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Time attribute can not be 
used solely.")
    +}
    +
    +case class RowtimeAttribute(expr: Expression) extends TimeAttribute(expr) {
    --- End diff --
    
    I think the `expr` of `RowtimeAttribute` must be defined on an existing 
field in a batch environment, And  in a Stream environment should not be a 
physical field. What do you think? 


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