rdblue commented on a change in pull request #1849: URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/1849#discussion_r533839935
########## File path: api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/catalog/SupportsCatalogTransactions.java ########## @@ -0,0 +1,137 @@ +/* + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + * distributed with this work for additional information + * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + * to you 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 org.apache.iceberg.catalog; + +import java.util.Collections; +import java.util.Set; + +/** + * Catalog methods for working with catalog-level transactions. + * + * <p>Catalog implementations are not required to support catalog-level transactional state. + * If they do, they may support one or more {@code IsolationLevel}s and one or more + * {@code LockingMode}s. + */ +public interface SupportsCatalogTransactions { + + /** + * The level of isolation for a transaction. + */ + enum IsolationLevel { + + /** + * Only read committed data. Reading the same table multiple times + * may result in different committed reads for each read. + */ + READ_COMMITTED, Review comment: I primarily think of these isolation levels in terms of what we need to validate to proceed with the changes made in the transaction. Can you help me understand the use case for this isolation level? ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
