Github user fhueske commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/5240#discussion_r163012442
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flink-libraries/flink-table/src/main/scala/org/apache/flink/table/descriptors/StreamTableSourceDescriptor.scala
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+
+package org.apache.flink.table.descriptors
+
+import org.apache.flink.table.api.{StreamTableEnvironment, Table,
TableException}
+import org.apache.flink.table.sources.{StreamTableSource, TableSource,
TableSourceFactoryService}
+
+/**
+ * Descriptor for specifying a table source in a streaming environment.
+ */
+class StreamTableSourceDescriptor(
+ tableEnv: StreamTableEnvironment,
+ schema: Schema)
+ extends TableSourceDescriptor {
+
+ schemaDescriptor = Some(schema)
+
+ /**
+ * Searches for the specified table source, configures it accordingly,
and returns it.
+ */
+ def toTableSource: TableSource[_] = {
+ val source = TableSourceFactoryService.findTableSourceFactory(this)
+ source match {
+ case _: StreamTableSource[_] => source
+ case _ => throw new TableException(
+ s"Found table source '${source.getClass.getCanonicalName}' is not
applicable " +
+ s"in a streaming environment.")
+ }
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Searches for the specified table source, configures it accordingly,
and returns it as a table.
+ */
+ def toTable: Table = {
+ tableEnv.fromTableSource(toTableSource)
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Searches for the specified table source, configures it accordingly,
and registers it as
+ * a table under the given name.
+ *
+ * @param name table name to be registered in the table environment
+ */
+ def register(name: String): Unit = {
+ tableEnv.registerTableSource(name, toTableSource)
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Specifies an connector for reading data from a connector.
+ */
+ def withConnector(connector: ConnectorDescriptor):
StreamTableSourceDescriptor = {
+ connectorDescriptor = Some(connector)
+ this
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Specifies an encoding that defines how to read data from a connector.
+ */
+ def withEncoding(encoding: EncodingDescriptor):
StreamTableSourceDescriptor = {
+ encodingDescriptor = Some(encoding)
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check if the connector requires an encoding?
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