cloud-fan commented on code in PR #47772:
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/47772#discussion_r1720552370
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sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/catalog/TableCatalog.java:
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@@ -110,6 +110,26 @@ public interface TableCatalog extends CatalogPlugin {
*/
Table loadTable(Identifier ident) throws NoSuchTableException;
+ /**
+ * Load table metadata by {@link Identifier identifier} from the catalog.
Spark will write data
+ * into this table later.
+ * <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 writePrivileges
+ * @return the table's metadata
+ * @throws NoSuchTableException If the table doesn't exist or is a view
+ *
+ * @since 4.0.0
Review Comment:
I propose to backport this to branch 3.5, as it's a quite critical missing
gap for custom catalogs and 3.5 is the LTS.
cc @yaooqinn
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