szehon-ho commented on code in PR #15297:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15297#discussion_r2806316205
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api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/types/TypeUtil.java:
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@@ -601,6 +601,52 @@ public interface GetID {
int get(int oldId);
}
+ /**
+ * Creates a function that reassigns specified field IDs.
+ *
+ * <p>This is useful for merging schemas where some field IDs in one schema
might conflict with
+ * IDs already in use by another schema. The function will reassign the
provided IDs to new unused
+ * IDs, while preserving other IDs.
+ *
+ * @param conflictingIds the set of conflicting field IDs that should be
reassigned
+ * @param usedIds the set of field IDs that are already in use and cannot be
reused
+ * @return a function that maps old IDs to new IDs while resolving conflicts
Review Comment:
maybe 'new' and 'old' lack context, how about something like:
a function that returns the original ID unless it is in conflictingIds, in
which case returns the ID it has been reassigned to.
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