rahil-c commented on code in PR #1862: URL: https://github.com/apache/polaris/pull/1862#discussion_r2180589724
########## plugins/spark/v3.5/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/spark/SparkCatalog.java: ########## @@ -156,15 +160,23 @@ public Table createTable( throw new UnsupportedOperationException( "Create table without location key is not supported by Polaris. Please provide location or path on table creation."); } - if (PolarisCatalogUtils.useDelta(provider)) { // For delta table, we load the delta catalog to help dealing with the // delta log creation. TableCatalog deltaCatalog = deltaHelper.loadDeltaCatalog(this.polarisSparkCatalog); return deltaCatalog.createTable(ident, schema, transforms, properties); - } else { - return this.polarisSparkCatalog.createTable(ident, schema, transforms, properties); } + if (PolarisCatalogUtils.useHudi(provider)) { + // First make a call via polaris's spark catalog + // to ensure an entity is created within the catalog and is authorized + polarisSparkCatalog.createTable(ident, schema, transforms, properties); + + // Then for actually creating the hudi table, we load HoodieCatalog + // to create the .hoodie folder in cloud storage + TableCatalog hudiCatalog = hudiHelper.loadHudiCatalog(this.polarisSparkCatalog); Review Comment: Thanks Yun for the suggestion, My question is shouldn't the engine first consult the polaris catalog service to see if its even authorized to perform a `createTable`? https://github.com/apache/polaris/blob/main/service/common/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/service/catalog/generic/GenericTableCatalogHandler.java#L74 If this returns back to the client an exception, then I am not sure if it makes sense for client to perform logic of creating the table format metadata in cloud storage. -- 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: issues-unsubscr...@polaris.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org