[Flink]supported schemaEvolution when restarting the paimon cdc job

paimon-flink/paimon-flink-cdc/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/flink/action/cdc/CdcActionCommonUtils.java

@@ -83,11 +83,13 @@ public static boolean schemaCompatible(
         for (DataField field : sourceTableFields) {
             int idx = paimonSchema.fieldNames().indexOf(field.name());
             if (idx < 0) {
-                LOG.info("Cannot find field '{}' in Paimon table.", field.name());
-                return false;
+                LOG.info(
+                        "New fields '{}' found in source table, will be synchronized to Paimon table.",
+                        field.name());
+                return true;
             }
             DataType type = paimonSchema.fields().get(idx).type();
-            if (UpdatedDataFieldsProcessFunction.canConvert(field.type(), type)
+            if (UpdatedDataFieldsProcessFunction.canConvert(type, field.type())
                     != UpdatedDataFieldsProcessFunction.ConvertAction.CONVERT) {
                 LOG.info(
                         "Cannot convert field '{}' from source table type '{}' to Paimon type '{}'.",

paimon-flink/paimon-flink-cdc/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/flink/action/cdc/SyncJobHandler.java

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.apache.paimon.flink.action.cdc.postgres.PostgresRecordParser;
 import org.apache.paimon.flink.action.cdc.pulsar.PulsarActionUtils;
 import org.apache.paimon.flink.sink.cdc.RichCdcMultiplexRecord;
+import org.apache.paimon.schema.TableSchema;
 
 import com.ververica.cdc.connectors.mongodb.source.config.MongoDBSourceOptions;
 import com.ververica.cdc.connectors.mysql.source.config.MySqlSourceOptions;
@@ -197,6 +198,16 @@ public FlatMapFunction<CdcSourceRecord, RichCdcMultiplexRecord> provideRecordPar
             List<ComputedColumn> computedColumns,
             TypeMapping typeMapping,
             CdcMetadataConverter[] metadataConverters) {
+        return this.provideRecordParser(
+                caseSensitive, computedColumns, typeMapping, metadataConverters, null);
+    }
+
+    public FlatMapFunction<CdcSourceRecord, RichCdcMultiplexRecord> provideRecordParser(
+            boolean caseSensitive,
+            List<ComputedColumn> computedColumns,
+            TypeMapping typeMapping,
+            CdcMetadataConverter[] metadataConverters,
+            TableSchema paimonSchema) {
         switch (sourceType) {
             case MYSQL:
                 return new MySqlRecordParser(
@@ -211,7 +222,8 @@ public FlatMapFunction<CdcSourceRecord, RichCdcMultiplexRecord> provideRecordPar
                         caseSensitive,
                         computedColumns,
                         typeMapping,
-                        metadataConverters);
+                        metadataConverters,
+                        paimonSchema);
             case KAFKA:
             case PULSAR:
                 DataFormat dataFormat = provideDataFormat();

paimon-flink/paimon-flink-cdc/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/flink/action/cdc/SyncTableActionBase.java

@@ -123,13 +123,13 @@ protected void beforeBuildingSourceSink() throws Exception {
         // Check if table exists before trying to get or create it
         if (catalog.tableExists(identifier)) {
             fileStoreTable = (FileStoreTable) catalog.getTable(identifier);
-            fileStoreTable = alterTableOptions(identifier, fileStoreTable);
             try {
                 Schema retrievedSchema = retrieveSchema();
                 computedColumns =
                         buildComputedColumns(computedColumnArgs, retrievedSchema.fields());
                 Schema paimonSchema = buildPaimonSchema(retrievedSchema);
                 assertSchemaCompatible(fileStoreTable.schema(), paimonSchema.fields());
+                alterTableSchema(identifier, fileStoreTable, paimonSchema);
             } catch (SchemaRetrievalException e) {
                 LOG.info(
                         "Failed to retrieve schema from record data but there exists specified Paimon table. "
@@ -157,7 +157,11 @@ protected void beforeBuildingSourceSink() throws Exception {
     @Override
     protected FlatMapFunction<CdcSourceRecord, RichCdcMultiplexRecord> recordParse() {
         return syncJobHandler.provideRecordParser(
-                caseSensitive, computedColumns, typeMapping, metadataConverters);
+                caseSensitive,
+                computedColumns,
+                typeMapping,
+                metadataConverters,
+                fileStoreTable.schema());
     }
 
     @Override

paimon-flink/paimon-flink-cdc/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/flink/action/cdc/SynchronizationActionBase.java

@@ -27,8 +27,11 @@
 import org.apache.paimon.flink.action.cdc.watermark.CdcWatermarkStrategy;
 import org.apache.paimon.flink.sink.cdc.EventParser;
 import org.apache.paimon.flink.sink.cdc.RichCdcMultiplexRecord;
+import org.apache.paimon.flink.sink.cdc.UpdatedDataFieldsProcessFunction;
 import org.apache.paimon.options.Options;
+import org.apache.paimon.schema.Schema;
 import org.apache.paimon.schema.SchemaChange;
+import org.apache.paimon.schema.SchemaManager;
 import org.apache.paimon.table.FileStoreTable;
 
 import org.apache.flink.api.common.eventtime.WatermarkStrategy;
@@ -79,7 +82,6 @@ public SynchronizationActionBase(
         this.cdcSourceConfig = Configuration.fromMap(cdcSourceConfig);
         this.syncJobHandler = syncJobHandler;
         this.caseSensitive = catalog.caseSensitive();
-
         this.syncJobHandler.registerJdbcDriver();
     }
 
@@ -177,7 +179,8 @@ protected abstract void buildSink(
             DataStream<RichCdcMultiplexRecord> input,
             EventParser.Factory<RichCdcMultiplexRecord> parserFactory);
 
-    protected FileStoreTable alterTableOptions(Identifier identifier, FileStoreTable table) {
+    protected FileStoreTable alterTableSchema(
+            Identifier identifier, FileStoreTable table, Schema paimonSchema) {
         // doesn't support altering bucket here
         Map<String, String> dynamicOptions = new HashMap<>(tableConfig);
         dynamicOptions.remove(CoreOptions.BUCKET.key());
@@ -194,13 +197,18 @@ protected FileStoreTable alterTableOptions(Identifier identifier, FileStoreTable
                                                 oldOptions.get(entry.getKey()), entry.getValue()));
 
         // alter the table dynamic options
-        List<SchemaChange> optionChanges =
+        List<SchemaChange> changes =
                 dynamicOptions.entrySet().stream()
                         .map(entry -> SchemaChange.setOption(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue()))
                         .collect(Collectors.toList());
 
+        List<SchemaChange> columnChanges =
+                UpdatedDataFieldsProcessFunction.extractSchemaChanges(
+                        new SchemaManager(table.fileIO(), table.location()), paimonSchema.fields());
+
+        changes.addAll(columnChanges);
         try {
-            catalog.alterTable(identifier, optionChanges, false);
+            catalog.alterTable(identifier, changes, false);
         } catch (Catalog.TableNotExistException
                 | Catalog.ColumnAlreadyExistException
                 | Catalog.ColumnNotExistException e) {

paimon-flink/paimon-flink-cdc/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/flink/action/cdc/mysql/MySqlSyncDatabaseAction.java

@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ protected void beforeBuildingSourceSink() throws Exception {
                 Supplier<String> errMsg =
                         incompatibleMessage(table.schema(), tableInfo, identifier);
                 if (shouldMonitorTable(table.schema(), fromMySql, errMsg)) {
-                    table = alterTableOptions(identifier, table);
+                    table = alterTableSchema(identifier, table, fromMySql);
                     tables.add(table);
                     monitoredTables.addAll(tableInfo.identifiers());
                 } else {

paimon-flink/paimon-flink-cdc/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/flink/action/cdc/postgres/PostgresRecordParser.java

@@ -25,11 +25,14 @@
 import org.apache.paimon.flink.action.cdc.mysql.format.DebeziumEvent;
 import org.apache.paimon.flink.sink.cdc.CdcRecord;
 import org.apache.paimon.flink.sink.cdc.RichCdcMultiplexRecord;
+import org.apache.paimon.schema.TableSchema;
+import org.apache.paimon.types.CharType;
 import org.apache.paimon.types.DataField;
 import org.apache.paimon.types.DataType;
 import org.apache.paimon.types.DataTypes;
 import org.apache.paimon.types.RowKind;
 import org.apache.paimon.types.RowType;
+import org.apache.paimon.types.VarCharType;
 import org.apache.paimon.utils.DateTimeUtils;
 import org.apache.paimon.utils.Preconditions;
 import org.apache.paimon.utils.StringUtils;
@@ -70,6 +73,7 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import static org.apache.paimon.flink.action.cdc.CdcActionCommonUtils.columnCaseConvertAndDuplicateCheck;
 import static org.apache.paimon.flink.action.cdc.CdcActionCommonUtils.columnDuplicateErrMsg;
@@ -101,26 +105,30 @@ public class PostgresRecordParser
     private String currentTable;
     private String databaseName;
     private final CdcMetadataConverter[] metadataConverters;
+    private TableSchema paimonSchema;
 
     public PostgresRecordParser(
             Configuration postgresConfig,
             boolean caseSensitive,
             TypeMapping typeMapping,
-            CdcMetadataConverter[] metadataConverters) {
+            CdcMetadataConverter[] metadataConverters,
+            TableSchema schema) {
         this(
                 postgresConfig,
                 caseSensitive,
                 Collections.emptyList(),
                 typeMapping,
-                metadataConverters);
+                metadataConverters,
+                schema);
     }
 
     public PostgresRecordParser(
             Configuration postgresConfig,
             boolean caseSensitive,
             List<ComputedColumn> computedColumns,
             TypeMapping typeMapping,
-            CdcMetadataConverter[] metadataConverters) {
+            CdcMetadataConverter[] metadataConverters,
+            TableSchema paimonSchema) {
         this.caseSensitive = caseSensitive;
         this.computedColumns = computedColumns;
         this.typeMapping = typeMapping;
@@ -133,6 +141,7 @@ public PostgresRecordParser(
                 stringifyServerTimeZone == null
                         ? ZoneId.systemDefault()
                         : ZoneId.of(stringifyServerTimeZone);
+        this.paimonSchema = paimonSchema;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -146,7 +155,7 @@ public void flatMap(CdcSourceRecord rawEvent, Collector<RichCdcMultiplexRecord>
         extractRecords().forEach(out::collect);
     }
 
-    private List<DataField> extractFields(DebeziumEvent.Field schema) {
+    private List<DataField> extractFields(DebeziumEvent.Field schema, JsonNode afterData) {
         Map<String, DebeziumEvent.Field> afterFields = schema.afterFields();
         Preconditions.checkArgument(
                 !afterFields.isEmpty(),
@@ -157,16 +166,22 @@ private List<DataField> extractFields(DebeziumEvent.Field schema) {
         RowType.Builder rowType = RowType.builder();
         Set<String> existedFields = new HashSet<>();
         Function<String, String> columnDuplicateErrMsg = columnDuplicateErrMsg(currentTable);
+
+        Map<String, DataField> paimonFields =
+                paimonSchema.fields().stream()
+                        .collect(Collectors.toMap(DataField::name, Function.identity()));
+
         afterFields.forEach(
-                (key, value) -> {
+                (key, afterField) -> {
                     String columnName =
                             columnCaseConvertAndDuplicateCheck(
                                     key, existedFields, caseSensitive, columnDuplicateErrMsg);
 
-                    DataType dataType = extractFieldType(value);
+                    DataType dataType =
+                            extractFieldType(afterField, paimonFields.get(key), afterData);
                     dataType =
                             dataType.copy(
-                                    typeMapping.containsMode(TO_NULLABLE) || value.optional());
+                                    typeMapping.containsMode(TO_NULLABLE) || afterField.optional());
 
                     rowType.field(columnName, dataType);
                 });
@@ -177,7 +192,8 @@ private List<DataField> extractFields(DebeziumEvent.Field schema) {
      * Extract fields from json records, see <a
      * href="https://debezium.io/documentation/reference/stable/connectors/postgresql.html#postgresql-data-types">postgresql-data-types</a>.
      */
-    private DataType extractFieldType(DebeziumEvent.Field field) {
+    private DataType extractFieldType(
+            DebeziumEvent.Field field, DataField paimonField, JsonNode afterData) {
         switch (field.type()) {
             case "array":
                 return DataTypes.ARRAY(DataTypes.STRING());
@@ -209,6 +225,16 @@ private DataType extractFieldType(DebeziumEvent.Field field) {
             case "boolean":
                 return DataTypes.BOOLEAN();
             case "string":
+                int newLength = afterData.get(field.field()).asText().length();
+                if (paimonField == null) {
+                    return DataTypes.VARCHAR(newLength);
+                } else if (paimonField.type() instanceof VarCharType) {
+                    int oldLength = ((VarCharType) paimonField.type()).getLength();
+                    return DataTypes.VARCHAR(Math.max(oldLength, newLength));
+                } else if (paimonField.type() instanceof CharType) {
+                    int oldLength = ((CharType) paimonField.type()).getLength();
+                    return DataTypes.CHAR(Math.max(oldLength, newLength));
+                }
                 return DataTypes.STRING();
             case "bytes":
                 if (decimalLogicalName().equals(field.name())) {
@@ -248,7 +274,7 @@ private List<RichCdcMultiplexRecord> extractRecords() {
         Map<String, String> after = extractRow(root.payload().after());
         if (!after.isEmpty()) {
             after = mapKeyCaseConvert(after, caseSensitive, recordKeyDuplicateErrMsg(after));
-            List<DataField> fields = extractFields(root.schema());
+            List<DataField> fields = extractFields(root.schema(), root.payload().after());
             records.add(
                     new RichCdcMultiplexRecord(
                             databaseName,

paimon-flink/paimon-flink-cdc/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/flink/sink/cdc/UpdatedDataFieldsProcessFunctionBase.java

@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ public static ConvertAction canConvert(DataType oldType, DataType newType) {
         return ConvertAction.EXCEPTION;
     }
 
-    protected List<SchemaChange> extractSchemaChanges(
+    public static List<SchemaChange> extractSchemaChanges(
             SchemaManager schemaManager, List<DataField> updatedDataFields) {
         RowType oldRowType = schemaManager.latest().get().logicalRowType();
         Map<String, DataField> oldFields = new HashMap<>();

paimon-flink/paimon-flink-cdc/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/flink/action/cdc/mysql/MySqlSyncTableActionITCase.java

@@ -1364,4 +1364,45 @@ public void testColumnCommentChangeInExistingTable() throws Exception {
         assertThat(actual.get("c1").description()).isEqualTo("c1 comment");
         assertThat(actual.get("c2").description()).isEqualTo("c2 comment");
     }
+
+    @Test
+    @Timeout(60)
+    public void testColumnAlterInExistingTableWhenStartJob() throws Exception {
+        Map<String, String> options = new HashMap<>();
+        options.put("bucket", "1");
+        options.put("sink.parallelism", "1");
+
+        RowType rowType =
+                RowType.builder()
+                        .field("pk", DataTypes.INT().notNull())
+                        .field("a", DataTypes.BIGINT())
+                        .field("b", DataTypes.VARCHAR(20))
+                        .build();
+
+        createFileStoreTable(
+                rowType, Collections.emptyList(), Collections.singletonList("pk"), options);
+
+        Map<String, String> mySqlConfig = getBasicMySqlConfig();
+        mySqlConfig.put("database-name", DATABASE_NAME);
+        mySqlConfig.put("table-name", "test_exist_column_alter");
+
+        MySqlSyncTableAction action =
+                syncTableActionBuilder(mySqlConfig)
+                        .withPrimaryKeys("pk")
+                        .withTableConfig(getBasicTableConfig())
+                        .build();
+
+        runActionWithDefaultEnv(action);
+
+        FileStoreTable table = getFileStoreTable();
+
+        Map<String, DataField> actual =
+                table.schema().fields().stream()
+                        .collect(Collectors.toMap(DataField::name, Function.identity()));
+
+        assertThat(actual.get("pk").type()).isEqualTo(DataTypes.INT().notNull());
+        assertThat(actual.get("a").type()).isEqualTo(DataTypes.BIGINT());
+        assertThat(actual.get("b").type()).isEqualTo(DataTypes.VARCHAR(30));
+        assertThat(actual.get("c").type()).isEqualTo(DataTypes.INT());
+    }
 }