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+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 Ververica Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed 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 com.ververica.cdc.composer.flink.translator;
+
+import org.apache.flink.api.common.eventtime.WatermarkStrategy;
+import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.datastream.DataStreamSource;
+import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.environment.StreamExecutionEnvironment;
+
+import com.ververica.cdc.common.annotation.Internal;
+import com.ververica.cdc.common.configuration.Configuration;
+import com.ververica.cdc.common.event.Event;
+import com.ververica.cdc.common.factories.DataSourceFactory;
+import com.ververica.cdc.common.factories.FactoryHelper;
+import com.ververica.cdc.common.source.DataSource;
+import com.ververica.cdc.common.source.EventSourceProvider;
+import com.ververica.cdc.common.source.FlinkSourceFunctionProvider;
+import com.ververica.cdc.common.source.FlinkSourceProvider;
+import com.ververica.cdc.composer.definition.SourceDef;
+import com.ververica.cdc.composer.flink.FlinkEnvironmentUtils;
+import com.ververica.cdc.composer.utils.FactoryDiscoveryUtils;
+import com.ververica.cdc.runtime.typeutils.EventTypeInfo;
+
+/**
+ * Translator for building source and generate a {@link
+ * org.apache.flink.streaming.api.datastream.DataStream}.
+ */
+@Internal
+public class DataSourceTranslator {
+    public DataStreamSource<Event> translate(
+            SourceDef sourceDef, StreamExecutionEnvironment env, int sourceParallelism) {
+        // Search the data source factory
+        DataSourceFactory sourceFactory =
+                FactoryDiscoveryUtils.getFactoryByIdentifier(
+                        sourceDef.getType(), DataSourceFactory.class);
+
+        // Create data source
+        DataSource dataSource =
+                sourceFactory.createDataSource(
+                        new FactoryHelper.DefaultContext(
+                                sourceDef.getConfig().toMap(),
+                                new Configuration(),
+                                Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()));
+
+        // Add source JAR to environment
+        FactoryDiscoveryUtils.getJarPathByIdentifier(sourceDef.getType(), DataSourceFactory.class)
+                .ifPresent(jar -> FlinkEnvironmentUtils.addJar(env, jar));
+
+        // Get source provider
+        EventSourceProvider eventSourceProvider = dataSource.getEventSourceProvider();
+        if (eventSourceProvider instanceof FlinkSourceProvider) {
+            // Source
+            FlinkSourceProvider sourceProvider = (FlinkSourceProvider) eventSourceProvider;
+            return env.fromSource(
+                            sourceProvider.getSource(),
+                            WatermarkStrategy.noWatermarks(),
+                            sourceDef.getName().orElse(generateDefaultSourceName(sourceDef)),
+                            new EventTypeInfo())
+                    .setParallelism(sourceParallelism);
+        } else if (eventSourceProvider instanceof FlinkSourceFunctionProvider) {
+            // SourceFunction
+            FlinkSourceFunctionProvider sourceFunctionProvider =
+                    (FlinkSourceFunctionProvider) eventSourceProvider;
+            DataStreamSource<Event> stream =
+                    env.addSource(sourceFunctionProvider.getSourceFunction(), new EventTypeInfo())
+                            .setParallelism(sourceParallelism);
+            if (sourceDef.getName().isPresent()) {
+                stream.name(sourceDef.getName().get());
+            }
+            return stream;
+        } else {
+            // Unknown provider type
+            throw new IllegalStateException(
+                    String.format(
+                            "Unsupported EventSourceProvider type \"%s\"",
+                            eventSourceProvider.getClass().getCanonicalName()));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private String generateDefaultSourceName(SourceDef sourceDef) {
+        return String.format("Flink CDC Event Source: %s", sourceDef.getType());
+    }
+}