Github user clarkyzl commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/3529#discussion_r105861507 --- Diff: flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/types/Row.java --- @@ -66,10 +66,11 @@ public int getArity() { * Gets the field at the specified position. * @param pos The position of the field, 0-based. * @return The field at the specified position. - * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException Thrown, if the position is negative, or equal to, or larger than the number of fields. + * Return null if the position is equal to, or larger than the number of fields. + * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException Thrown, if the position is negative. */ public Object getField(int pos) { - return fields[pos]; + return pos >= fields.length ? null : fields[pos]; --- End diff -- Hi @fhueske . Thank you for your comments. The overhead of `if`s are additionally caused here. It may not be an efficient way. IMHO, The design of `TableFunction` support arbitrary types of output Row. However, too many kinds of `TableFunction`s may also confuse users. I will discover whether there is a concise and efficient way.
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