danielcweeks commented on code in PR #15895:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/15895#discussion_r3390036156


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api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/catalog/SupportsReferencedBy.java:
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+package org.apache.iceberg.catalog;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import org.apache.iceberg.Table;
+import org.apache.iceberg.view.View;
+
+/**
+ * An optional catalog capability for loading tables and views with a 
referenced-by view chain.
+ *
+ * <p>When a table or view is loaded as part of resolving a view definition, 
the chain of
+ * referencing views can be passed to the catalog. This enables catalog 
servers to make
+ * authorization, credential-scoping, and auditing decisions based on the full 
view reference chain.
+ *
+ * <p>Catalogs that do not need this context are not required to implement 
this interface.
+ */
+public interface SupportsReferencedBy {

Review Comment:
   I would prefer we generalize this to something more like 
`SupportsContextualLoad` and not make it so narrowly specific to this 
particular field.



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