gustavodemorais commented on code in PR #27603:
URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/27603#discussion_r2816044573


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flink-table/flink-table-common/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/types/logical/utils/LogicalTypeCasts.java:
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@@ -110,124 +110,186 @@ public final class LogicalTypeCasts {
 
     private static final Map<LogicalTypeRoot, Set<LogicalTypeRoot>> 
explicitCastingRules;
 
+    private static final Map<LogicalTypeRoot, Set<LogicalTypeRoot>> 
injectiveCastingRules;
+
+    // Types with deterministic, unique string representations (for injective 
casts to STRING)
+    private static final LogicalTypeRoot[] STRING_INJECTIVE_SOURCES = {
+        TINYINT,
+        SMALLINT,
+        INTEGER,
+        BIGINT,
+        FLOAT,
+        DOUBLE,
+        BOOLEAN,
+        DATE,
+        TIMESTAMP_WITHOUT_TIME_ZONE,
+        TIMESTAMP_WITH_TIME_ZONE,
+        TIMESTAMP_WITH_LOCAL_TIME_ZONE
+    };
+
     static {
         implicitCastingRules = new HashMap<>();
         explicitCastingRules = new HashMap<>();
+        injectiveCastingRules = new HashMap<>();
 
-        // identity casts
-
+        // Identity casts: all types can be cast to themselves, and identity 
is always injective
         for (LogicalTypeRoot typeRoot : allTypes()) {
-            castTo(typeRoot).implicitFrom(typeRoot).build();
+            
castTo(typeRoot).implicitFrom(typeRoot).injectiveFrom(typeRoot).build();
         }
 
-        // cast specification
+        // 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+        // Character string types
+        // 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         castTo(CHAR)
                 .implicitFrom(CHAR)
                 .explicitFromFamily(PREDEFINED, CONSTRUCTED)
                 .explicitFrom(RAW, NULL, STRUCTURED_TYPE)
+                .injectiveFrom(CHAR)
+                .injectiveFrom(STRING_INJECTIVE_SOURCES)
                 .build();
 
         castTo(VARCHAR)
                 .implicitFromFamily(CHARACTER_STRING)
                 .explicitFromFamily(PREDEFINED, CONSTRUCTED)
                 .explicitFrom(RAW, NULL, STRUCTURED_TYPE)
+                .injectiveFrom(CHAR, VARCHAR)
+                .injectiveFrom(STRING_INJECTIVE_SOURCES)
                 .build();
 
-        castTo(BOOLEAN)
-                .implicitFrom(BOOLEAN)
-                .explicitFromFamily(CHARACTER_STRING, INTEGER_NUMERIC)
-                .build();
+        // 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+        // Binary string types
+        // 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         castTo(BINARY)
                 .implicitFrom(BINARY)
                 .explicitFromFamily(CHARACTER_STRING)
-                .explicitFrom(VARBINARY)
-                .explicitFrom(RAW)
+                .explicitFrom(VARBINARY, RAW)
+                .injectiveFrom(BINARY)
                 .build();
 
         castTo(VARBINARY)
                 .implicitFromFamily(BINARY_STRING)
                 .explicitFromFamily(CHARACTER_STRING)
-                .explicitFrom(BINARY)
-                .explicitFrom(RAW)
+                .explicitFrom(BINARY, RAW)
+                .injectiveFrom(BINARY, VARBINARY)
                 .build();
 
-        castTo(DECIMAL)
-                .implicitFromFamily(NUMERIC)
-                .explicitFromFamily(CHARACTER_STRING, INTERVAL)
-                .explicitFrom(BOOLEAN, TIMESTAMP_WITHOUT_TIME_ZONE, 
TIMESTAMP_WITH_LOCAL_TIME_ZONE)
-                .build();
+        // 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+        // Exact numeric types
+        // 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         castTo(TINYINT)
                 .implicitFrom(TINYINT)
                 .explicitFromFamily(NUMERIC, CHARACTER_STRING, INTERVAL)
                 .explicitFrom(BOOLEAN, TIMESTAMP_WITHOUT_TIME_ZONE, 
TIMESTAMP_WITH_LOCAL_TIME_ZONE)
+                .injectiveFrom(TINYINT)
                 .build();
 
         castTo(SMALLINT)
                 .implicitFrom(TINYINT, SMALLINT)
                 .explicitFromFamily(NUMERIC, CHARACTER_STRING, INTERVAL)
                 .explicitFrom(BOOLEAN, TIMESTAMP_WITHOUT_TIME_ZONE, 
TIMESTAMP_WITH_LOCAL_TIME_ZONE)
+                .injectiveFrom(TINYINT, SMALLINT)
                 .build();
 
         castTo(INTEGER)
                 .implicitFrom(TINYINT, SMALLINT, INTEGER)
                 .explicitFromFamily(NUMERIC, CHARACTER_STRING, INTERVAL)
                 .explicitFrom(BOOLEAN, TIMESTAMP_WITHOUT_TIME_ZONE, 
TIMESTAMP_WITH_LOCAL_TIME_ZONE)
+                .injectiveFrom(TINYINT, SMALLINT, INTEGER)
                 .build();
 
         castTo(BIGINT)
                 .implicitFrom(TINYINT, SMALLINT, INTEGER, BIGINT)
                 .explicitFromFamily(NUMERIC, CHARACTER_STRING, INTERVAL)
                 .explicitFrom(BOOLEAN, TIMESTAMP_WITHOUT_TIME_ZONE, 
TIMESTAMP_WITH_LOCAL_TIME_ZONE)
+                .injectiveFrom(TINYINT, SMALLINT, INTEGER, BIGINT)
+                .build();
+
+        castTo(DECIMAL)
+                .implicitFromFamily(NUMERIC)
+                .explicitFromFamily(CHARACTER_STRING, INTERVAL)
+                .explicitFrom(BOOLEAN, TIMESTAMP_WITHOUT_TIME_ZONE, 
TIMESTAMP_WITH_LOCAL_TIME_ZONE)
+                .injectiveFrom(TINYINT, SMALLINT, INTEGER, BIGINT, DECIMAL)

Review Comment:
   Hmmmm, that's a good point since we can pick the precision and I think it 
aligns with not supporting float/double. Removing it.



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