dawidwys commented on a change in pull request #8404: [FLINK-11476][table]
Create CatalogManager to manage multiple catalogs
URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/8404#discussion_r284582495
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File path:
flink-table/flink-table-api-java/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/api/TableEnvironment.java
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@@ -280,6 +317,54 @@
*/
void sqlUpdate(String stmt, QueryConfig config);
+ /**
+ * Gets the current default catalog name of the current session.
+ *
+ * @return The current default catalog name that is used for the path
resolution.
+ * @see TableEnvironment#useCatalog(String)
+ */
+ String getCurrentCatalog();
+
+ /**
+ * Sets the current catalog to the given value. It also sets the default
+ * database to the catalog's default one. To assign both catalog and
database explicitly
+ * see {@link TableEnvironment#useDatabase(String, String)}.
+ *
+ * <p>This is used during the resolution of object paths. The default
path is constructed as
+ * {@code [current-catalog].[current-database]}. During the resolution,
first we try to look for
+ * {@code [default-path].[object-path]} if no object is found we assume
the object path is a fully
+ * qualified one and we look under {@code [object-path]}.
+ *
+ * @param catalogName The name of the catalog to set as the current
default catalog.
+ * @throws CatalogException thrown if a catalog with given name could
not be set as the default one
+ */
+ void useCatalog(String catalogName);
Review comment:
This is against majority (if not all) code style guidelines. The `throws`
cause should declare only those exception that we expect the user to handle.
BTW, me & @twalthr had a chat few times before and we fill we should revisit
the exception structure in the catalog API anyway.
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