dhruv-pratap commented on code in PR #4706: URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/4706#discussion_r874087557
########## python/src/iceberg/catalog/base.py: ########## @@ -0,0 +1,204 @@ +# 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. + +from abc import ABC, abstractmethod +from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Set, Tuple, Union + +from iceberg.schema import Schema +from iceberg.table.base import PartitionSpec, Table + +Identifier = Tuple[str, ...] +Metadata = Dict[str, str] + + +class Catalog(ABC): + """Base Catalog for table operations like - create, drop, load, list and others. + + Attributes: + name(str): Name of the catalog + properties(Dict[str, str]): Catalog properties + """ + + def __init__(self, name: str, properties: Metadata): + self._name = name + self._properties = properties + + @property + def name(self) -> str: + return self._name + + @property + def properties(self) -> Metadata: + return self._properties + + @abstractmethod + def create_table( + self, + identifier: Union[str, Identifier], + schema: Schema, + location: Optional[str] = None, + partition_spec: Optional[PartitionSpec] = None, + properties: Optional[Metadata] = None, + ) -> Table: + """Create a table + + Args: + identifier: Fully classified table name with its namespace. If the identifier is a string, it is split into a tuple on '.'. If it is a tuple, it is used as-is. Review Comment: We did discuss how we would be handling it for such cases over [here](https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/4706#discussion_r873059425). CC @rdblue The idea is for such special use cases we expect the user to pass us a tuple so that it can be used as-is. -- 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. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
