Hi everyone,
I would like to start a discussion about FLIP-520: Simplify
StructuredType handling [1].
Flink SQL already supports structured types in the engine, serializers,
UDFs, and connector interfaces. However, currently only Table API was
able to make use of them. While UDFs can take objects as input and
return types, it is actually quite inconvenient to use them in
transformations.
This FLIP fixes some immediate blockers in the use of structured types.
Looking forward to feedback.
Cheers,
Timo
[1]
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/FLIP-520%3A+Simplify+StructuredType+handling
