Flink: port table refresh (#8555) to v1.15 and v1.16

flink/v1.15/build.gradle

@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ project(":iceberg-flink:iceberg-flink-${flinkMajorVersion}") {
     }
 
     testImplementation libs.awaitility
+    testImplementation libs.assertj.core
+  }
+
+  test {
+    useJUnitPlatform()
   }
 }
 

flink/v1.15/flink/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/flink/FlinkConfParser.java

@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@
  */
 package org.apache.iceberg.flink;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import org.apache.flink.configuration.ConfigOption;
 import org.apache.flink.configuration.ReadableConfig;
+import org.apache.flink.util.TimeUtils;
 import org.apache.iceberg.Table;
 import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.collect.Lists;
@@ -59,6 +61,10 @@ public StringConfParser stringConf() {
     return new StringConfParser();
   }
 
+  public DurationConfParser durationConf() {
+    return new DurationConfParser();
+  }
+
   class BooleanConfParser extends ConfParser<BooleanConfParser, Boolean> {
     private Boolean defaultValue;
 
@@ -180,6 +186,29 @@ public E parseOptional() {
     }
   }
 
+  class DurationConfParser extends ConfParser<DurationConfParser, Duration> {
+    private Duration defaultValue;
+
+    @Override
+    protected DurationConfParser self() {
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    public DurationConfParser defaultValue(Duration value) {
+      this.defaultValue = value;
+      return self();
+    }
+
+    public Duration parse() {
+      Preconditions.checkArgument(defaultValue != null, "Default value cannot be null");
+      return parse(TimeUtils::parseDuration, defaultValue);
+    }
+
+    public Duration parseOptional() {
+      return parse(TimeUtils::parseDuration, null);
+    }
+  }
+
   abstract class ConfParser<ThisT, T> {
     private final List<String> optionNames = Lists.newArrayList();
     private String tablePropertyName;

flink/v1.15/flink/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/flink/FlinkWriteConf.java

@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
  */
 package org.apache.iceberg.flink;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Map;
+import org.apache.calcite.linq4j.function.Experimental;
 import org.apache.flink.configuration.ReadableConfig;
 import org.apache.iceberg.DistributionMode;
 import org.apache.iceberg.FileFormat;
@@ -184,4 +186,20 @@ public String branch() {
   public Integer writeParallelism() {
     return confParser.intConf().option(FlinkWriteOptions.WRITE_PARALLELISM.key()).parseOptional();
   }
+
+  /**
+   * NOTE: This may be removed or changed in a future release. This value specifies the interval for
+   * refreshing the table instances in sink writer subtasks. If not specified then the default
+   * behavior is to not refresh the table.
+   *
+   * @return the interval for refreshing the table in sink writer subtasks
+   */
+  @Experimental
+  public Duration tableRefreshInterval() {
+    return confParser
+        .durationConf()
+        .option(FlinkWriteOptions.TABLE_REFRSH_INTERVAL.key())
+        .flinkConfig(FlinkWriteOptions.TABLE_REFRSH_INTERVAL)
+        .parseOptional();
+  }
 }

flink/v1.15/flink/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/flink/FlinkWriteOptions.java

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
  */
 package org.apache.iceberg.flink;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
+import org.apache.calcite.linq4j.function.Experimental;
 import org.apache.flink.configuration.ConfigOption;
 import org.apache.flink.configuration.ConfigOptions;
 import org.apache.iceberg.SnapshotRef;
@@ -64,4 +66,8 @@ private FlinkWriteOptions() {}
 
   public static final ConfigOption<Integer> WRITE_PARALLELISM =
       ConfigOptions.key("write-parallelism").intType().noDefaultValue();
+
+  @Experimental
+  public static final ConfigOption<Duration> TABLE_REFRSH_INTERVAL =
+      ConfigOptions.key("table-refresh-interval").durationType().noDefaultValue();
 }

flink/v1.15/flink/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/flink/TableLoader.java

@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ public interface TableLoader extends Closeable, Serializable, Cloneable {
 
   void open();
 
+  boolean isOpen();
+
   Table loadTable();
 
   /** Clone a TableLoader */
@@ -75,6 +77,11 @@ public void open() {
       tables = new HadoopTables(hadoopConf.get());
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean isOpen() {
+      return tables != null;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Table loadTable() {
       FlinkEnvironmentContext.init();
@@ -115,6 +122,11 @@ public void open() {
       catalog = catalogLoader.loadCatalog();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean isOpen() {
+      return catalog != null;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Table loadTable() {
       FlinkEnvironmentContext.init();
@@ -126,6 +138,8 @@ public void close() throws IOException {
       if (catalog instanceof Closeable) {
         ((Closeable) catalog).close();
       }
+
+      catalog = null;
     }
 
     @Override

flink/v1.15/flink/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/flink/sink/CachingTableSupplier.java

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.iceberg.flink.sink;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import org.apache.flink.util.Preconditions;
+import org.apache.iceberg.SerializableTable;
+import org.apache.iceberg.Table;
+import org.apache.iceberg.flink.TableLoader;
+import org.apache.iceberg.util.DateTimeUtil;
+import org.apache.iceberg.util.SerializableSupplier;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * A table loader that will only reload a table after a certain interval has passed. WARNING: This
+ * table loader should be used carefully when used with writer tasks. It could result in heavy load
+ * on a catalog for jobs with many writers.
+ */
+class CachingTableSupplier implements SerializableSupplier<Table> {
+
+  private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CachingTableSupplier.class);
+
+  private final Table initialTable;
+  private final TableLoader tableLoader;
+  private final Duration tableRefreshInterval;
+  private long lastLoadTimeMillis;
+  private transient Table table;
+
+  CachingTableSupplier(
+      SerializableTable initialTable, TableLoader tableLoader, Duration tableRefreshInterval) {
+    Preconditions.checkArgument(initialTable != null, "initialTable cannot be null");
+    Preconditions.checkArgument(tableLoader != null, "tableLoader cannot be null");
+    Preconditions.checkArgument(
+        tableRefreshInterval != null, "tableRefreshInterval cannot be null");
+    this.initialTable = initialTable;
+    this.table = initialTable;
+    this.tableLoader = tableLoader;
+    this.tableRefreshInterval = tableRefreshInterval;
+    this.lastLoadTimeMillis = System.currentTimeMillis();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Table get() {
+    if (table == null) {
+      this.table = initialTable;
+    }
+    return table;
+  }
+
+  Table initialTable() {
+    return initialTable;
+  }
+
+  void refreshTable() {
+    if (System.currentTimeMillis() > lastLoadTimeMillis + tableRefreshInterval.toMillis()) {
+      try {
+        if (!tableLoader.isOpen()) {
+          tableLoader.open();
+        }
+
+        this.table = tableLoader.loadTable();
+        this.lastLoadTimeMillis = System.currentTimeMillis();
+
+        LOG.info(
+            "Table {} reloaded, next min load time threshold is {}",
+            table.name(),
+            DateTimeUtil.formatTimestampMillis(
+                lastLoadTimeMillis + tableRefreshInterval.toMillis()));
+      } catch (Exception e) {
+        LOG.warn("An error occurred reloading table {}, table was not reloaded", table.name(), e);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}

flink/v1.15/flink/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/flink/sink/FlinkManifestUtil.java

@@ -24,13 +24,11 @@
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import org.apache.iceberg.DataFile;
 import org.apache.iceberg.DeleteFile;
-import org.apache.iceberg.HasTableOperations;
 import org.apache.iceberg.ManifestFile;
 import org.apache.iceberg.ManifestFiles;
 import org.apache.iceberg.ManifestWriter;
 import org.apache.iceberg.PartitionSpec;
 import org.apache.iceberg.Table;
-import org.apache.iceberg.TableOperations;
 import org.apache.iceberg.io.CloseableIterable;
 import org.apache.iceberg.io.FileIO;
 import org.apache.iceberg.io.OutputFile;
@@ -64,16 +62,14 @@ static List<DataFile> readDataFiles(
   }
 
   static ManifestOutputFileFactory createOutputFileFactory(
-      Table table, String flinkJobId, String operatorUniqueId, int subTaskId, long attemptNumber) {
-    TableOperations ops = ((HasTableOperations) table).operations();
+      Supplier<Table> tableSupplier,
+      Map<String, String> tableProps,
+      String flinkJobId,
+      String operatorUniqueId,
+      int subTaskId,
+      long attemptNumber) {
     return new ManifestOutputFileFactory(
-        ops,
-        table.io(),
-        table.properties(),
-        flinkJobId,
-        operatorUniqueId,
-        subTaskId,
-        attemptNumber);
+        tableSupplier, tableProps, flinkJobId, operatorUniqueId, subTaskId, attemptNumber);
   }
 
   /**

flink/v1.15/flink/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/flink/sink/FlinkSink.java

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import org.apache.iceberg.types.TypeUtil;
+import org.apache.iceberg.util.SerializableSupplier;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -330,7 +332,10 @@ private <T> DataStreamSink<T> chainIcebergOperators() {
       DataStream<RowData> rowDataInput = inputCreator.apply(uidPrefix);
 
       if (table == null) {
-        tableLoader.open();
+        if (!tableLoader.isOpen()) {
+          tableLoader.open();
+        }
+
         try (TableLoader loader = tableLoader) {
           this.table = loader.loadTable();
         } catch (IOException e) {
@@ -462,8 +467,19 @@ private SingleOutputStreamOperator<WriteResult> appendWriter(
         }
       }
 
+      SerializableTable serializableTable = (SerializableTable) SerializableTable.copyOf(table);
+      Duration tableRefreshInterval = flinkWriteConf.tableRefreshInterval();
+
+      SerializableSupplier<Table> tableSupplier;
+      if (tableRefreshInterval != null) {
+        tableSupplier =
+            new CachingTableSupplier(serializableTable, tableLoader, tableRefreshInterval);
+      } else {
+        tableSupplier = () -> serializableTable;
+      }
+
       IcebergStreamWriter<RowData> streamWriter =
-          createStreamWriter(table, flinkWriteConf, flinkRowType, equalityFieldIds);
+          createStreamWriter(tableSupplier, flinkWriteConf, flinkRowType, equalityFieldIds);
 
       int parallelism =
           flinkWriteConf.writeParallelism() == null
@@ -580,24 +596,25 @@ static RowType toFlinkRowType(Schema schema, TableSchema requestedSchema) {
   }
 
   static IcebergStreamWriter<RowData> createStreamWriter(
-      Table table,
+      SerializableSupplier<Table> tableSupplier,
       FlinkWriteConf flinkWriteConf,
       RowType flinkRowType,
       List<Integer> equalityFieldIds) {
-    Preconditions.checkArgument(table != null, "Iceberg table shouldn't be null");
+    Preconditions.checkArgument(tableSupplier != null, "Iceberg table supplier shouldn't be null");
 
-    Table serializableTable = SerializableTable.copyOf(table);
+    Table initTable = tableSupplier.get();
     FileFormat format = flinkWriteConf.dataFileFormat();
     TaskWriterFactory<RowData> taskWriterFactory =
         new RowDataTaskWriterFactory(
-            serializableTable,
+            tableSupplier,
             flinkRowType,
             flinkWriteConf.targetDataFileSize(),
             format,
-            writeProperties(table, format, flinkWriteConf),
+            writeProperties(initTable, format, flinkWriteConf),
             equalityFieldIds,
             flinkWriteConf.upsertMode());
-    return new IcebergStreamWriter<>(table.name(), taskWriterFactory);
+
+    return new IcebergStreamWriter<>(initTable.name(), taskWriterFactory);
   }
 
   /**

flink/v1.15/flink/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/flink/sink/IcebergFilesCommitter.java

@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ public void initializeState(StateInitializationContext context) throws Exception
     int attemptId = getRuntimeContext().getAttemptNumber();
     this.manifestOutputFileFactory =
         FlinkManifestUtil.createOutputFileFactory(
-            table, flinkJobId, operatorUniqueId, subTaskId, attemptId);
+            () -> table, table.properties(), flinkJobId, operatorUniqueId, subTaskId, attemptId);
     this.maxCommittedCheckpointId = INITIAL_CHECKPOINT_ID;
 
     this.checkpointsState = context.getOperatorStateStore().getListState(STATE_DESCRIPTOR);
@@ -247,6 +247,9 @@ public void notifyCheckpointComplete(long checkpointId) throws Exception {
           checkpointId,
           maxCommittedCheckpointId);
     }
+
+    // reload the table in case new configuration is needed
+    this.table = tableLoader.loadTable();
   }
 
   private void commitUpToCheckpoint(