Github user twalthr commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/6323#discussion_r202506740 --- Diff: flink-libraries/flink-table/src/main/scala/org/apache/flink/table/factories/TableFactoryService.scala --- @@ -18,143 +18,358 @@ package org.apache.flink.table.factories -import java.util.{ServiceConfigurationError, ServiceLoader} +import java.util.{ServiceConfigurationError, ServiceLoader, Map => JMap} import org.apache.flink.table.api._ import org.apache.flink.table.descriptors.ConnectorDescriptorValidator._ import org.apache.flink.table.descriptors.FormatDescriptorValidator._ import org.apache.flink.table.descriptors.MetadataValidator._ import org.apache.flink.table.descriptors.StatisticsValidator._ -import org.apache.flink.table.descriptors.{DescriptorProperties, TableDescriptor, TableDescriptorValidator} +import org.apache.flink.table.descriptors._ import org.apache.flink.table.util.Logging +import org.apache.flink.util.Preconditions import _root_.scala.collection.JavaConverters._ import _root_.scala.collection.mutable /** - * Unified interface to search for TableFactoryDiscoverable of provided type and properties. + * Unified interface to search for a [[TableFactory]] of provided type and properties. */ object TableFactoryService extends Logging { private lazy val defaultLoader = ServiceLoader.load(classOf[TableFactory]) - def find(clz: Class[_], descriptor: TableDescriptor): TableFactory = { - find(clz, descriptor, null) + /** + * Finds a table factory of the given class and descriptor. + * + * @param factoryClass desired factory class + * @param descriptor descriptor describing the factory configuration + * @tparam T factory class type + * @return the matching factory + */ + def find[T](factoryClass: Class[T], descriptor: Descriptor): T = { + Preconditions.checkNotNull(factoryClass) --- End diff -- The variable is only passed one time. The internal method is not checking for null gain.
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