anoopj commented on code in PR #50137:
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/50137#discussion_r1979992466
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sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/catalog/TableCatalog.java:
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@@ -311,4 +311,49 @@ default boolean purgeTable(Identifier ident) throws
UnsupportedOperationExceptio
*/
void renameTable(Identifier oldIdent, Identifier newIdent)
throws NoSuchTableException, TableAlreadyExistsException;
+
+ /**
+ * Instantiate a builder to create a table in the catalog.
+ *
+ * @param ident a table identifier.
+ * @param columns the columns of the new table.
+ * @return the TableBuilder to create a table.
+ */
+ default TableBuilder buildTable(Identifier ident, Column[] columns) {
Review Comment:
Wenchen is spot on. We are planning to reuse the interface for replace also
(future PR).
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sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/catalog/TableCatalog.java:
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@@ -311,4 +311,49 @@ default boolean purgeTable(Identifier ident) throws
UnsupportedOperationExceptio
*/
void renameTable(Identifier oldIdent, Identifier newIdent)
throws NoSuchTableException, TableAlreadyExistsException;
+
+ /**
+ * Instantiate a builder to create a table in the catalog.
+ *
+ * @param ident a table identifier.
+ * @param columns the columns of the new table.
+ * @return the TableBuilder to create a table.
+ */
+ default TableBuilder buildTable(Identifier ident, Column[] columns) {
+ return new TableBuilderImpl(this, ident, columns);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Builder used to create tables.
+ *
+ * <p>Call {@link #buildTable(Identifier, Column[])} to create a new builder.
+ */
+ interface TableBuilder {
Review Comment:
Addressed below.
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