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ASF GitHub Bot commented on FLINK-8122: --------------------------------------- Github user fhueske commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/5068#discussion_r155491207 --- Diff: flink-libraries/flink-table/src/main/scala/org/apache/flink/table/sinks/TableSink.scala --- @@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ trait TableSink[T] { /** Returns the types of the table fields. */ def getFieldTypes: Array[TypeInformation[_]] + /** Describes the table sink. */ + def explainSink(): String = --- End diff -- As far as I can see, this method is only called from within the interface implementations and not from external code. I'd rather not add this method unless it is required. > Name all table sinks and sources > -------------------------------- > > Key: FLINK-8122 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-8122 > Project: Flink > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Table API & SQL > Affects Versions: 1.4.0 > Reporter: Timo Walther > Assignee: Xingcan Cui > > Not all table sink and sources have proper names. Therefore, they are > displayed as "Unnamed" in the logs and Web UI (e.g. CsvTableSink). We should > add names for all built-in connectors. Having information about the table > sink name (via {{INSERT INTO}}) would be even better. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029)