c-thiel commented on code in PR #16160:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16160#discussion_r3318557650


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api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/catalog/CatalogObjectIdentifier.java:
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+package org.apache.iceberg.catalog;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.base.Joiner;
+import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+
+/**
+ * A reference to a catalog object as an ordered list of hierarchical levels 
(for example, a table,
+ * view, or namespace). The kind of object is determined by context — the 
endpoint or a companion
+ * type discriminator — not by the identifier structure alone.
+ *
+ * <p>Mirrors {@link Namespace} structurally; the distinct name signals "any 
object within a
+ * catalog" and avoids confusion with a future top-level catalog name.
+ */
+public class CatalogObjectIdentifier {
+  private static final Joiner DOT = Joiner.on('.');
+  private static final Predicate<String> CONTAINS_NULL_CHARACTER =
+      Pattern.compile("\u0000", Pattern.UNICODE_CHARACTER_CLASS).asPredicate();
+
+  public static CatalogObjectIdentifier of(String... levels) {
+    Preconditions.checkArgument(
+        null != levels, "Cannot create catalog object identifier from null 
array");
+    Preconditions.checkArgument(
+        levels.length > 0, "Cannot create catalog object identifier with no 
levels");

Review Comment:
   The Event endpoint might become a user of an empty array: The 
catalog-objects-by-name Filter accepts `CatalogObjectIdentifier`. If an 
implementation wants to add events that are directly targeting the root catalog 
object (i.e. some setting changes), then beeing able to express this via an 
empty array in `CatalogObjectIdentifier` might actually be helpful. To me the 
interpretation is quite clear: An empty array is the Catalog root.
   I don't have strong feelings about this though.



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