twalthr commented on code in PR #28085:
URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/28085#discussion_r3282531053


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flink-table/flink-table-common/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/factories/ConnectionFactory.java:
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+
+package org.apache.flink.table.factories;
+
+import org.apache.flink.annotation.PublicEvolving;
+import org.apache.flink.table.catalog.CatalogConnection;
+import org.apache.flink.table.catalog.SensitiveConnection;
+import org.apache.flink.table.secret.ReadableSecretStore;
+import org.apache.flink.table.secret.WritableSecretStore;
+import org.apache.flink.table.secret.exceptions.SecretException;
+
+/**
+ * Factory for creating and resolving connections, handling the encryption and 
decryption of
+ * sensitive connection fields.
+ *
+ * <p>A {@code ConnectionFactory} is responsible for:
+ *
+ * <ul>
+ *   <li>Extracting sensitive fields from a {@link SensitiveConnection} and 
storing them in a {@link
+ *       WritableSecretStore}, returning a {@link CatalogConnection} that is 
safe to persist in a
+ *       catalog.
+ *   <li>Resolving a {@link CatalogConnection} from a catalog by retrieving 
its secrets from a
+ *       {@link ReadableSecretStore} and returning a complete {@link 
SensitiveConnection}.
+ * </ul>
+ *
+ * @see org.apache.flink.table.factories.DefaultConnectionFactory
+ */
+@PublicEvolving
+public interface ConnectionFactory extends Factory {
+
+    /**
+     * The option key that identifies the connection type in a {@link 
SensitiveConnection}'s or
+     * {@link CatalogConnection}'s options. The value of this option is 
matched against the {@link
+     * #factoryIdentifier()} of registered {@code ConnectionFactory} 
implementations to discover the
+     * factory that handles a given connection (see FLIP-529).
+     */
+    String CONNECTION_TYPE_KEY = "type";

Review Comment:
   What I meant was just a nicer declaration of this variable. Similar how we 
do it in `org.apache.flink.table.factories.FactoryUtil#PROVIDER`. An option 
with a type `string` a default value and description. The behavior of this PR 
would not change.



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