[jira] [Commented] (FLINK-3916) Allow generic types passing the Table API

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ASF GitHub Bot commented on FLINK-3916:
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GitHub user twalthr opened a pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/2197

    [FLINK-3916] [table] Allow generic types passing the Table API

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    This PR reworks the type handling of Flink's TypeInformation to Calcite's RelDataTypes. The new approach allows generic types passing through the Table API and enables improved Pojo field access in future. The PR might also implements parts of FLINK-3615.
    


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    $ git pull https://github.com/twalthr/flink TableApiGenericTypePassThrough

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    https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/2197.patch

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commit e0d048f28dda56aea2ba3dfb5e75e17376667dd9
Author: twalthr <tw...@apache.org>
Date:   2016-05-17T14:14:29Z

    [FLINK-3916] [table] Allow generic types passing the Table API

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> Allow generic types passing the Table API
> -----------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: FLINK-3916
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-3916
>             Project: Flink
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Table API & SQL
>            Reporter: Timo Walther
>            Assignee: Timo Walther
>
> The Table API currently only supports BasicTypes that can pass the Table API. Other types should also be supported but treated as black boxes.



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