jackye1995 commented on code in PR #7880: URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/7880#discussion_r1251101428
########## api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/view/UpdateViewRepresentation.java: ########## @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +/* + * 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. + */ +package org.apache.iceberg.view; + +import org.apache.iceberg.PendingUpdate; + +/** + * API for adding/removing/updating a view's representations. Updating a {@link ViewRepresentation} + * can be done by calling {@link #remove(String)} and then {@link #add(ViewRepresentation)} for a + * particular dialect. + * + * <p>Apply returns the updated {@link ViewVersion} for validation. + * + * <p>When committing, these changes will be applied to the current view metadata. Commit conflicts + * will be resolved by applying the pending changes to the new view metadata. + */ +public interface UpdateViewRepresentation extends PendingUpdate<ViewVersion> { + + /** + * Add a {@link ViewRepresentation} to the view. + * + * @param viewRepresentation The {@link ViewRepresentation} to add. + * @return this for method chaining + */ + UpdateViewRepresentation add(ViewRepresentation viewRepresentation); + + /** + * Remove a view representation for the given dialect. + * + * @param dialect The dialect for which the {@link ViewRepresentation} should be removed. + * @return this for method chaining + */ + UpdateViewRepresentation remove(String dialect); Review Comment: With this semantics, we are basically treating `dialect` as the unique identifier of a representation within a list of representations. Should we make that explicit in the spec? -- 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]
