jackye1995 commented on a change in pull request #2887:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/2887#discussion_r681981826
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File path: core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/TableProperties.java
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@@ -19,11 +19,38 @@
package org.apache.iceberg;
+import java.util.Set;
+import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+
public class TableProperties {
private TableProperties() {
}
+ /**
+ * Reserved table property for table format version.
+ * <p>
+ * Iceberg will default a new table's format version to the latest stable
and recommended version.
+ * This reserved property keyword allows users to override the Iceberg
format version of the table metadata.
+ * <p>
+ * If this table property exists when creating a table, the table will use
the specified format version.
+ * If a table updates this property, it will try to upgrade to the specified
format version.
+ * This helps developers to try out new features in an unreleased version or
migrate existing tables to a new version.
+ * <p>
+ * Note: incomplete or unstable versions cannot be selected using this
property.
+ */
+ public static final String RESERVED_PROPERTY_FORMAT_VERSION =
"format-version";
Review comment:
Yeah that's a good point, I had the prefix because there was no
`RESERVED_PROPERTIES` set. But now it becomes a bit redundant.
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