Apache Calcite Documentation

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https://github.com/apache/calcite

A dynamic data management framework providing SQL parsing, validation, and a customizable query optimizer. It enables the construction of query engines and adapters for various data sources—including Cassandra, Kafka, Druid, Elasticsearch, and MongoDB—allowing SQL queries without implementing storage primitives. Key features include SQL-to-algebra transformations, JDBC connectivity via Avatica, and support for User-Defined Functions (UDFs), aggregate functions, and window functions.

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What's inside Apache Calcite

  1. Overview of the OS Adapter

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    The OS (operating system) adapter allows you to access data in your operating system and environment using SQL queries. It is designed to replace traditional UNIX command pipelines with the type-safety and power of SQL. It includes a wrapper called sqlsh for executing commands directly from your shell.
  2. Overview of Apache Calcite

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    Apache Calcite is a dynamic data management framework designed to provide the core components of a database management system without the storage primitives. It is used to build query engines, optimizers, and adapters for various data sources.

    Key capabilities include:

    • SQL Parser and Validator: An industry-standard implementation for parsing and validating SQL queries.
    • Customizable Optimizer: Features pluggable rules and cost functions for query optimization.
    • Algebraic Operators: Provides both logical and physical algebraic operators.
    • SQL-to-Algebra Transformations: Algorithms for converting SQL to relational algebra and vice versa.
    • Data Source Adapters: Ready-to-use adapters for executing SQL queries over systems like Cassandra, Druid, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, and Kafka with minimal configuration.
  3. Spatial data types and functions overview

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    Calcite implements the OpenGIS Simple Features Implementation Specification (version 1.2.1).

    Supported Data Types:

    • GEOMETRY
    • Sub-types including POINT, LINESTRING, and POLYGON

    Spatial Functions:

    • Functions are prefixed with ST_ (e.g., ST_Point, ST_DWithin, ST_Contains, ST_Buffer, ST_Envelope, ST_Rectangle).
    • Calcite currently implements approximately 35 of the 150 functions in the OpenGIS specification.
  4. Understand the Calcite Security Threat Model

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    Calcite is an embedded library that runs within a host application's JVM. It does not expose its own network ports. The threat model assumes an attacker (e.g., a query author) can reach Calcite via a JDBC connection.

    Attacker Capabilities:

    • Set any connection property (e.g., model, parserFactory, schemaFactory, fun, typeSystem, dataSource, jdbcUrl).
    • Execute any SQL, including DDL.

    Attacker Limitations:

    • Cannot change JVM system properties.
    • Cannot change the classpath (adding or replacing classes/JARs).
  5. Use Schema Adapters to read different data types

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    Schema adapters allow Calcite to present various data sources as tables within a schema. Available adapters include:

    • Arrow adapter (calcite-arrow)
    • Cassandra adapter (calcite-cassandra)
    • CSV adapter (example/csv)
    • Druid adapter (calcite-druid)
    • Elasticsearch adapter (calcite-elasticsearch)
    • File adapter (calcite-file)
    • Geode adapter (calcite-geode)
    • InnoDB adapter (calcite-innodb)
    • JDBC adapter (part of calcite-core)
    • MongoDB adapter (calcite-mongodb)
    • OS adapter (calcite-os)
    • Pig adapter (calcite-pig)
    • Redis adapter (calcite-redis)
    • Solr cloud adapter (solr-sql)
    • Spark adapter (calcite-spark)
    • Splunk adapter (calcite-splunk)
    • Eclipse Memory Analyzer (MAT) adapter (mat-calcite-plugin)
    • Apache Kafka adapter
  6. Understand Relational Algebra in Calcite

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    Relational algebra is the core representation of queries in Calcite. Every query is modeled as a tree of relational operators. Developers can interact with this layer in two ways:

    1. SQL Translation: Translating SQL queries into relational algebra trees.
    2. Direct Construction: Building the relational operator tree directly using the Calcite API.

    Calcite uses Planner Rules to transform these expression trees using mathematical identities (e.g., pushing a filter into a join) to optimize the query. The optimization process is guided by a Cost Model, which helps the planner engine select alternative expressions that maintain the same semantics but reduce execution cost.

  7. Understand the Lattice concept in Apache Calcite

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    A lattice is a framework used for creating and populating materialized views and mapping user queries to them. It represents a star or snowflake schema where all relationships are many-to-one, originating from a central fact table.

    Key characteristics of a lattice:

    • Schema Representation: Uses a SQL statement to represent the star schema. The order of tables in the FROM clause defines the many-to-one relationship (e.g., FROM A, B implies a many-to-one relationship from A to B).
    • Constraints: Implies foreign key constraints on the first table and unique key constraints on the second table. Calcite relies on these constraints to optimize joins; if violated, results may be incorrect.
    • Dimensions and Measures: Every column is treated as a dimension column (can be used in GROUP BY). Measures are defined by associating a column with an aggregate function.
    • Column Referencing: To avoid name collisions in joins, columns can be referenced by their name (if unique) or qualified by their table alias (e.g., ["sales", "unit_sales"]).
    • Tiles: A "tile" is a materialized table within a lattice representing a specific dimensionality.
  8. Learn Apache Calcite via presentations and talks

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    Calcite provides various educational resources including video recordings, slide decks, and summaries of technical talks. Key topics covered in past presentations include:

    • Query Planning: Federated Query Planning with Substrait and optimizing CTEs in Apache Hive.
    • Streaming & Incremental: Streaming, incremental, and finite-memory computations in SQL; building streaming incremental view maintenance engines.
    • SQL Engines & Translation: Coral (SQL translation, analysis, and rewrite engine); adding measures to Calcite SQL.
    • Debugging: Using Calcite's built-in loggers to debug planning issues.
    • Integrations: Using Calcite with Clojure (calcite-clj), Hazelcast In-Memory Data Grid, and Apache Beam.
  9. Understand the difference between Pig adapter and Piglet

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    Calcite provides two complementary components for working with Pig:

    1. Pig adapter: Translates SQL into Pig Latin for execution in the Pig runtime.
    2. Piglet: Translates a subset of Pig Latin into SQL (or other formats) for execution via any applicable Calcite adapter.
  10. Use the InnoDB adapter to query `.ibd` files

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    The Calcite InnoDB adapter allows you to query MySQL InnoDB data files (.ibd files) directly without a running MySQL server. It uses the innodb-java-reader to access the files and can perform projections, filters, and sorts directly on the data files. It is index-aware and can leverage primary or secondary keys for lookups and push down conditions to the storage engine.