Unable to resolve Flink table API dependency - maven

Question

I am using IntelliJ IDE for development. I am using below mentioned POM file for dependency management
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<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>flink</groupId>
<artifactId>flink-reporting</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<name>Flink Quickstart Job</name>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<flink.version>1.15.0</flink.version>
<target.java.version>1.8</target.java.version>
<scala.binary.version>2.12</scala.binary.version>
<maven.compiler.source>${target.java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>${target.java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
<log4j.version>2.17.1</log4j.version>
</properties>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>apache.snapshots</id>
<name>Apache Development Snapshot Repository</name>
<url>https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
<releases>
<enabled>false</enabled>
</releases>
<snapshots>
<enabled>true</enabled>
</snapshots>
</repository>
<repository>
<id>central</id>
<name>Maven Central</name>
<layout>default</layout>
<url>https://repo1.maven.org/maven2</url>
<snapshots>
<enabled>false</enabled>
</snapshots>
</repository>
</repositories>
<dependencies>
<!-- Apache Flink dependencies -->
<!-- These dependencies are provided, because they should not be packaged into the JAR file. -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
<artifactId>flink-streaming-java</artifactId>
<version>${flink.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
<artifactId>flink-clients</artifactId>
<version>${flink.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Add connector dependencies here. They must be in the default scope (compile). -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
<artifactId>flink-connector-kafka</artifactId>
<version>1.15.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
<artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
<version>3.2.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
<version>2.13.3</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
<version>1.7.26</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
<artifactId>flink-table</artifactId>
<version>1.15.0</version>
<type>pom</type>
</dependency>
<!-- Add logging framework, to produce console output when running in the IDE. -->
<!-- These dependencies are excluded from the application JAR by default. -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
<version>${log4j.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
<version>${log4j.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
<version>${log4j.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
<version>1.1.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.microsoft.azure</groupId>
<artifactId>azure-data-lake-store-sdk</artifactId>
<version>2.1.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-nop</artifactId>
<version>1.7.21</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.json</groupId>
<artifactId>json</artifactId>
<version>20220320</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<!-- Java Compiler -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1</version>
<configuration>
<source>${target.java.version}</source>
<target>${target.java.version}</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<!-- We use the maven-shade plugin to create a fat jar that contains all necessary dependencies. -->
<!-- Change the value of <mainClass>...</mainClass> if your program entry point changes. -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.1</version>
<executions>
<!-- Run shade goal on package phase -->
<execution>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>shade</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<artifactSet>
<excludes>
<exclude>org.apache.flink:flink-shaded-force-shading</exclude>
<exclude>com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305</exclude>
<exclude>org.slf4j:*</exclude>
<exclude>org.apache.logging.log4j:*</exclude>
</excludes>
</artifactSet>
<filters>
<filter>
<!-- Do not copy the signatures in the META-INF folder.
Otherwise, this might cause SecurityExceptions when using the JAR. -->
<artifact>*:*</artifact>
<excludes>
<exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
<exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
<exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
</excludes>
</filter>
</filters>
<transformers>
<transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer"/>
<transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
<mainClass>tableAPI.RelationalTable</mainClass>
</transformer>
</transformers>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<!-- This improves the out-of-the-box experience in Eclipse by resolving some warnings. -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
<artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<configuration>
<lifecycleMappingMetadata>
<pluginExecutions>
<pluginExecution>
<pluginExecutionFilter>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
<versionRange>[3.1.1,)</versionRange>
<goals>
<goal>shade</goal>
</goals>
</pluginExecutionFilter>
<action>
<ignore/>
</action>
</pluginExecution>
<pluginExecution>
<pluginExecutionFilter>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<versionRange>[3.1,)</versionRange>
<goals>
<goal>testCompile</goal>
<goal>compile</goal>
</goals>
</pluginExecutionFilter>
<action>
<ignore/>
</action>
</pluginExecution>
</pluginExecutions>
</lifecycleMappingMetadata>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
</build>
</project>
I am using the following dependency for Flink Table API.
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
<artifactId>flink-table</artifactId>
<version>1.15.0</version>
<type>pom</type>
</dependency>
While compiling I am not getting any error. But I am not able to resolve the flink table API dependency. Kindly help

Answer 1

As explained on https://nightlies.apache.org/flink/flink-docs-release-1.15/docs/dev/configuration/advanced/#anatomy-of-table-dependencies there are currently 3 JARs inside the Flink distribution that are needed for Table API/SQL applications. You'll need to select and use the one that's relevant for your use case.

Answer 2

To import the table-api you need the dependency flink-table-api-java.
The way you are doing won't work to import POMs you need to use the dependencyManagement.