aokolnychyi commented on a change in pull request #1409:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/1409#discussion_r482715860
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File path: api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/catalog/Catalog.java
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@@ -303,4 +303,83 @@ default boolean dropTable(TableIdentifier identifier) {
* @throws NoSuchTableException if the table does not exist
*/
Table loadTable(TableIdentifier identifier);
+
+ /**
+ * Instantiate a builder to either create a table or start a create/replace
transaction.
+ *
+ * @param identifier a table identifier
+ * @param schema a schema
+ * @return the builder to create a table or start a create/replace
transaction
+ */
+ default TableBuilder buildTable(TableIdentifier identifier, Schema schema) {
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented: buildTable");
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * A builder used to create valid {@link Table tables}.
+ * <p>
+ * Call {@link #buildTable(TableIdentifier, Schema)} to create a new builder.
+ */
+ interface TableBuilder {
Review comment:
I'll need to fix CachingCatalog.
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