sjwiesman commented on a change in pull request #10121: [FLINK-14420][doc] Add documentation for pluggable module URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/10121#discussion_r343965333
########## File path: docs/dev/table/modules.md ########## @@ -0,0 +1,128 @@ +--- +title: "Modules" +is_beta: true +nav-parent_id: tableapi +nav-pos: 90 +--- +<!-- +Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one +or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file +distributed with this work for additional information +regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file +to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the +"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance +with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + +Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, +software distributed under the License is distributed on an +"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY +KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the +specific language governing permissions and limitations +under the License. +--> + +Modules can extend Flink's built-in objects by defining a set of metadata, for example, functions. + +Modules are pluggable. Flink provides a few pre-built modules. Users can write their own too. + +For example, users can define their own geo functions and plug them into Flink as built-in functions to be used in +Flink SQL and Table APIs. Another example is users can load an out-of-shelf Hive module to use Hive built-in +functions as part of Flink built-in functions. Review comment: Modules allow users to extend Flink's built-in objects, such as defining functions that behave like Flink built-in functions. They are pluggable, and while Flink provides a few pre-built modules, users can write their own. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] With regards, Apache Git Services
