dawidwys commented on a change in pull request #8057: [FLINK-12028][table] Add
`addColumns`,`renameColumns`, `dropColumns` …
URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/8057#discussion_r270819194
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File path:
flink-table/flink-table-api-java/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/api/Table.java
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@@ -879,4 +879,117 @@
* @return An OverWindowedTable to specify the aggregations.
*/
OverWindowedTable window(OverWindow... overWindows);
+
+ /**
+ * Adds additional columns. Similar to a SQL SELECT statement. The
field expressions
+ * can contain complex expressions, but can not contain aggregations.
It will throw an exception
+ * if the added fields already exist.
+ *
+ * <p>Example:
+ * <pre>
+ * {@code
+ * tab.addColumns("a + 1 as a1, concat(b, 'sunny') as b1")
+ * }
+ * </pre>
+ */
+ Table addColumns(String fields);
+
+ /**
+ * Adds additional columns. Similar to a SQL SELECT statement. The
field expressions
+ * can contain complex expressions, but can not contain aggregations.
It will throw an exception
+ * if the added fields already exist.
+ *
+ * <p>Scala Example:
+ *
+ * <pre>
+ * {@code
+ * tab.addColumns('a + 1 as 'a1, concat('b, "sunny") as 'b1)
+ * }
+ * </pre>
+ */
+ Table addColumns(Expression... fields);
+
+ /**
+ * Adds additional columns. Similar to a SQL SELECT statement. The
field expressions
+ * can contain complex expressions, but can not contain aggregations.
Existing fields will be
+ * replaced if add columns name is the same as the existing column name.
Moreover, if the added
+ * fields have duplicate field name, then the last one is used.
+ *
+ * <p>Example:
+ * <pre>
+ * {@code
+ * tab.addOrReplaceColumns("a + 1 as a1, concat(b, 'sunny') as b1")
+ * }
+ * </pre>
+ */
+ Table addOrReplaceColumns(String fields);
+
+ /**
+ * Adds additional columns. Similar to a SQL SELECT statement. The
field expressions
+ * can contain complex expressions, but can not contain aggregations.
Existing fields will be
+ * replaced. If the added fields have duplicate field name, then the
last one is used.
+ *
+ * <p>Scala Example:
+ * <pre>
+ * {@code
+ * tab.addOrReplaceColumns('a + 1 as 'a1, concat('b, "sunny") as 'b1)
+ * }
+ * </pre>
+ */
+ Table addOrReplaceColumns(Expression... fields);
+
+ /**
+ * Renames existing columns. Similar to an field alias statement. The
field expressions
Review comment:
```suggestion
* Renames existing columns. Similar to a field alias statement. The
field expressions
```
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