uros-b commented on code in PR #17511:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/17511#discussion_r3712410742


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api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/expressions/StrictEvalVisitor.java:
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+package org.apache.iceberg.expressions;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import org.apache.iceberg.types.Comparators;
+import org.apache.iceberg.types.Types.StructType;
+import org.apache.iceberg.util.NaNUtil;
+
+abstract class StrictEvalVisitor extends 
ExpressionVisitors.BoundExpressionVisitor<Boolean> {
+  protected static final boolean ROWS_MUST_MATCH = true;
+  protected static final boolean ROWS_MIGHT_NOT_MATCH = false;
+
+  private final StructType struct;
+
+  StrictEvalVisitor(StructType struct) {
+    this.struct = struct;
+  }
+
+  /** Return true if null count is non-zero or is unknown, false if null count 
is 0. */
+  protected abstract boolean mayContainNull(int id);
+
+  /** Return true if null count is known and equal to value count, false 
otherwise. */
+  protected abstract boolean containsNullsOnly(int id);
+
+  /**
+   * Return true if null counts are unavailable or if the null count is 
non-zero, false otherwise.
+   *
+   * <p>Unlike {@link #mayContainNull(int)}, this returns false when a null 
count is unavailable for
+   * the field but is available for other fields.
+   */
+  protected abstract boolean canContainNulls(int id);

Review Comment:
   There might be abstract-method contract asymmetry with the inclusive twin. 
StrictEvalVisitor declares 8 abstract methods; whereas the merged 
InclusiveEvalVisitor declares only 4. The two extra semantic methods 
(canContainNulls(int id) and canContainNaNs(int id)) carry a subtly stricter 
contract than their mayContain* counterparts: canContainNulls returns false 
when the nullCounts map exists but has no entry for the field (where 
mayContainNull returns true in that case), and canContainNaNs returns false 
whenever a NaN count is unavailable.
   
   Can this create friction when the downstream v4 strict ContentStats 
evaluator is written, since its author must satisfy a materially larger 
contract than the corresponding inclusive visitor? Perhaps we should either add 
a comment to StrictEvalVisitor explaining why the strict visitor's contract 
diverges from InclusiveEvalVisitor's, or if the inclusive stats path will also 
need these finer-grained predicates then adding canContainNulls/canContainNaNs 
to InclusiveEvalVisitor now while both visitors are being actively designed.
   
   WDYT? @nastra 



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