xuefuz commented on a change in pull request #8458: [FLINK-12452][table][hive] 
alterTable() should ensure existing base table and the new one are of the same 
type
URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/8458#discussion_r284859760
 
 

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 File path: 
flink-table/flink-table-api-java/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/catalog/GenericInMemoryCatalog.java
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 @@ -209,11 +209,17 @@ public void alterTable(ObjectPath tablePath, 
CatalogBaseTable newTable, boolean
                checkNotNull(tablePath);
                checkNotNull(newTable);
 
-               // TODO: validate the new and old CatalogBaseTable must be of 
the same type. For example, this doesn't
-               //              allow alter a regular table to partitioned 
table, or alter a view to a table, and vice versa.
-               //              And also add unit tests.
-
                if (tableExists(tablePath)) {
+                       CatalogBaseTable oldTable = tables.get(tablePath);
+
+                       // Theoretically, in-memory catalog can store any 
tables and views implementations
+                       // thus, we need to check they are of the same class
 
 Review comment:
   I guess you didn't get what I meant. I was saying the comment doesn't seem 
making much sense. It doesn't explain why we put checks  and why we are 
mentioning in-memory catalog here. There is a "thus", but I don't understand 
the cause/result relationship that you're trying to explain.

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