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sunjincheng commented on FLINK-11447: ------------------------------------- Yes, when we discussed the UDTF, we discussed this problem. From the semantics of JOIN, the right side of the join should be a Table, that is, the method of `join(String)` should not be defined. What do you think? [~twalthr] Hi, [~dian.fu] glad to hear that you can take this JIRA. and assigned it to you :-) > Deprecate "new Table(TableEnvironment, String)" > ----------------------------------------------- > > Key: FLINK-11447 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-11447 > Project: Flink > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: Table API & SQL > Reporter: Timo Walther > Assignee: Dian Fu > Priority: Major > > A more detailed description can be found in > [FLIP-32|https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/FLIP-32%3A+Restructure+flink-table+for+future+contributions]. > Once table is an interface we can easily replace the underlying > implementation at any time. The constructor call prevents us from converting > it into an interface. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)