Hi Henri, The idea to provide a simple, open standard interface to enable integration of 3rd party compute engines and tools is great, however, there are concerns about the suggested design.
-1 on the current implementation (+1 more Jetty server on HMS instance) org.apache.iceberg.rest.HMSCatalogServer Server httpServer = new Server(port) * Iceberg provides a pluggable catalog interface on the client side to manage table metadata for creating, altering, and dropping tables, allowing seamless integration with existing data systems. * We should not embed or tight RestCatalog to the HMS. It should be an independent component with a pluggable design (work with different data catalogs, such as Hive, Snowflake, Glue, etc.) * Breaking down complex systems into independently deployable services improves scalability, flexibility, and maintenance simplicity. Regards, Denys
