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[FLINK-38828][cdc-common][cdc-runtime] Handle schema evolution upon projection updates via SchemaCoordinator #4299

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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions flink-cdc-common/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/cdc/common/utils/SchemaUtils.java
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Expand Up @@ -348,8 +348,9 @@ public static boolean isSchemaChangeEventRedundant(
return true;
},
createTableEvent -> {
// It has been applied if such table already exists
return latestSchema.isPresent();
// Redundant only if the table exists AND the schema is identical
return latestSchema.isPresent()
&& latestSchema.get().equals(createTableEvent.getSchema());
},
dropColumnEvent -> {
// It has not been applied if schema does not even exist
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68 changes: 68 additions & 0 deletions flink-cdc-common/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/cdc/common/utils/SchemaMergingUtilsTest.java
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Expand Up @@ -495,6 +495,74 @@ TABLE_ID, of("id", BIGINT), of("name", VARCHAR(17), "id", BIGINT)))
ImmutableMap.of("foo", INT, "baz", FLOAT)));
}

@Test
void testGetSchemaDifferenceForProjectionChanges() {
// Simulate projection change: new schema has an added column
Assertions.assertThat(
getSchemaDifference(
TABLE_ID,
of("id", BIGINT, "name", STRING),
of("id", BIGINT, "name", STRING, "age", INT)))
.as("projection change adding a column should produce AddColumnEvent")
.containsExactly(
new AddColumnEvent(
TABLE_ID,
Collections.singletonList(
new AddColumnEvent.ColumnWithPosition(
Column.physicalColumn("age", INT),
AddColumnEvent.ColumnPosition.AFTER,
"name"))));

// Simulate projection change: new schema has a removed column
Assertions.assertThat(
getSchemaDifference(
TABLE_ID,
of("id", BIGINT, "name", STRING, "age", INT),
of("id", BIGINT, "name", STRING)))
.as("projection change removing a column should produce DropColumnEvent")
.containsExactly(new DropColumnEvent(TABLE_ID, Collections.singletonList("age")));

// Simulate projection change: column type changed (e.g. STRING -> VARCHAR(255))
Assertions.assertThat(
getSchemaDifference(
TABLE_ID,
of("id", BIGINT, "name", STRING),
of("id", BIGINT, "name", DataTypes.VARCHAR(255))))
.as(
"projection change with different column type should produce AlterColumnTypeEvent")
.containsExactly(
new AlterColumnTypeEvent(
TABLE_ID,
Collections.singletonMap("name", DataTypes.VARCHAR(255)),
Collections.singletonMap("name", STRING)));

// Simulate projection change: both added and removed columns (column swap)
Assertions.assertThat(
getSchemaDifference(
TABLE_ID,
of("id", BIGINT, "name", STRING),
of("id", BIGINT, "email", STRING)))
.as("projection change swapping columns should produce Add + Drop events")
.containsExactly(
new AddColumnEvent(
TABLE_ID,
Collections.singletonList(
new AddColumnEvent.ColumnWithPosition(
Column.physicalColumn("email", STRING),
AddColumnEvent.ColumnPosition.AFTER,
"id"))),
new DropColumnEvent(TABLE_ID, Collections.singletonList("name")));

// Simulate projection change: identical schemas should produce no diff
Assertions.assertThat(
getSchemaDifference(
TABLE_ID,
of("id", BIGINT, "name", STRING),
of("id", BIGINT, "name", STRING)))
.as("identical schemas should produce no schema change events")
.isEmpty();
}

@Test
void testMergeAndDiff() {
Assertions.assertThat(mergeAndDiff(null, of("id", BIGINT, "name", VARCHAR(17))))
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import org.apache.flink.cdc.common.event.AddColumnEvent;
import org.apache.flink.cdc.common.event.AlterColumnTypeEvent;
import org.apache.flink.cdc.common.event.CreateTableEvent;
import org.apache.flink.cdc.common.event.DropColumnEvent;
import org.apache.flink.cdc.common.event.RenameColumnEvent;
import org.apache.flink.cdc.common.event.TableId;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -484,4 +485,66 @@ void testInferWiderSchema() {
.build()))
.isExactlyInstanceOf(IllegalStateException.class);
}

@Test
void testIsSchemaChangeEventRedundantForCreateTableEvent() {
TableId tableId = TableId.tableId("test_db", "test_table");

Schema schema =
Schema.newBuilder()
.physicalColumn("id", DataTypes.INT())
.physicalColumn("name", DataTypes.STRING())
.primaryKey("id")
.build();

// CreateTableEvent is NOT redundant when table doesn't exist (null schema)
CreateTableEvent createEvent = new CreateTableEvent(tableId, schema);
Assertions.assertThat(SchemaUtils.isSchemaChangeEventRedundant(null, createEvent))
.as("CreateTableEvent should not be redundant when table does not exist")
.isFalse();

// CreateTableEvent IS redundant when table exists with the same schema
Assertions.assertThat(SchemaUtils.isSchemaChangeEventRedundant(schema, createEvent))
.as("CreateTableEvent should be redundant when table exists with same schema")
.isTrue();

// CreateTableEvent is NOT redundant when table exists with different schema (extra column)
Schema schemaWithExtraColumn =
Schema.newBuilder()
.physicalColumn("id", DataTypes.INT())
.physicalColumn("name", DataTypes.STRING())
.physicalColumn("age", DataTypes.INT())
.primaryKey("id")
.build();
CreateTableEvent createEventWithExtraColumn =
new CreateTableEvent(tableId, schemaWithExtraColumn);
Assertions.assertThat(
SchemaUtils.isSchemaChangeEventRedundant(
schema, createEventWithExtraColumn))
.as("CreateTableEvent should not be redundant when new schema has extra columns")
.isFalse();

// CreateTableEvent is NOT redundant when column types differ
Schema schemaWithDifferentType =
Schema.newBuilder()
.physicalColumn("id", DataTypes.INT())
.physicalColumn("name", DataTypes.VARCHAR(255))
.primaryKey("id")
.build();
CreateTableEvent createEventWithDifferentType =
new CreateTableEvent(tableId, schemaWithDifferentType);
Assertions.assertThat(
SchemaUtils.isSchemaChangeEventRedundant(
schema, createEventWithDifferentType))
.as("CreateTableEvent should not be redundant when column types differ")
.isFalse();

// CreateTableEvent is NOT redundant when existing schema has more columns than new schema
Assertions.assertThat(
SchemaUtils.isSchemaChangeEventRedundant(
schemaWithExtraColumn, createEvent))
.as(
"CreateTableEvent should not be redundant when existing schema has more columns")
.isFalse();
}
}
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