XN137 commented on code in PR #2302: URL: https://github.com/apache/polaris/pull/2302#discussion_r2302820925
########## runtime/service/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/service/catalog/iceberg/IcebergCatalogHandler.java: ########## @@ -570,12 +573,15 @@ public boolean sendNotification(TableIdentifier identifier, NotificationRequest * Fetch the metastore table entity for the given table identifier * * @param tableIdentifier The identifier of the table - * @return the Polaris table entity for the table + * @return the Polaris table entity for the table or null for external catalogs */ - private IcebergTableLikeEntity getTableEntity(TableIdentifier tableIdentifier) { + private @Nullable IcebergTableLikeEntity getTableEntity(TableIdentifier tableIdentifier) { PolarisResolvedPathWrapper target = resolutionManifest.getResolvedPath(tableIdentifier); - - return IcebergTableLikeEntity.of(target.getRawLeafEntity()); + PolarisEntity rawLeafEntity = target.getRawLeafEntity(); + if (rawLeafEntity.getType() == PolarisEntityType.TABLE_LIKE) { + return IcebergTableLikeEntity.of(rawLeafEntity); + } + return null; // could be an external catalog Review Comment: idk how external catalog integration works under the hood but in the first output line (that i had added) we can see that the `PolarisResolvedPathWrapper` ends up pointing to the external catalog entity (which is also the leaf element). so i assumed for external catalogs in general we dont have any actual entity representing the table? but maybe this is just an artifact of an incorrectly written test idk. the return value of `getTableEntity` is only used for supporting ETags not for loading the table: https://github.com/apache/polaris/blob/3f1dfb332b84e0eeeab5411b333883790273f504/runtime/service/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/service/catalog/iceberg/IcebergCatalogHandler.java#L601-L619 -- 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