rdblue commented on a change in pull request #34497:
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/34497#discussion_r749624575



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File path: 
sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/catalog/TableCatalog.java
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@@ -94,6 +104,36 @@
    */
   Table loadTable(Identifier ident) throws NoSuchTableException;
 
+  /**
+   * Load table metadata by {@link Identifier identifier} from the catalog.
+   * <p>
+   * If the catalog supports views and contains a view for the identifier and 
not a table, this
+   * must throw {@link NoSuchTableException}.
+   *
+   * @param ident a table identifier
+   * @param version version of the table
+   * @return the table's metadata
+   * @throws NoSuchTableException If the table doesn't exist or is a view
+   */
+  default Table loadTable(Identifier ident, String version) throws 
NoSuchTableException {

Review comment:
       I don't think so. Version is specific to a data source, so passing it as 
a string is a good idea.




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