sunchao commented on a change in pull request #35657:
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/35657#discussion_r815013957



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File path: 
sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/read/partitioning/Partitioning.java
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@@ -18,33 +18,26 @@
 package org.apache.spark.sql.connector.read.partitioning;
 
 import org.apache.spark.annotation.Evolving;
-import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.read.InputPartition;
+import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.distributions.Distribution;
+import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.expressions.SortOrder;
 import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.read.SupportsReportPartitioning;
 
 /**
  * An interface to represent the output data partitioning for a data source, 
which is returned by
- * {@link SupportsReportPartitioning#outputPartitioning()}. Note that this 
should work
- * like a snapshot. Once created, it should be deterministic and always report 
the same number of
- * partitions and the same "satisfy" result for a certain distribution.
+ * {@link SupportsReportPartitioning#outputPartitioning()}.
  *
  * @since 3.0.0
  */
 @Evolving
 public interface Partitioning {
 
   /**
-   * Returns the number of partitions(i.e., {@link InputPartition}s) the data 
source outputs.
+   * Returns the distribution guarantee that the data source provides.
    */
-  int numPartitions();
+  Distribution distribution();

Review comment:
       This is a breaking change. To make it less disruptive, I can introduce a 
new interface and mark this as deprecated, although in that way we may need to 
add a new method in `SupportsReportPartitioning` or create another interface to 
replace `SupportsReportPartitioning`.




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