ajantha-bhat commented on code in PR #8723: URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/8723#discussion_r1347242330
########## core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/view/ViewMetadataParser.java: ########## @@ -66,7 +67,9 @@ static void toJson(ViewMetadata metadata, JsonGenerator gen) throws IOException gen.writeStringField(VIEW_UUID, metadata.uuid()); gen.writeNumberField(FORMAT_VERSION, metadata.formatVersion()); gen.writeStringField(LOCATION, metadata.location()); - JsonUtil.writeStringMap(PROPERTIES, metadata.properties(), gen); + if (!metadata.properties().isEmpty()) { Review Comment: But In case of table metadata we are always writing it. https://github.com/apache/iceberg/blob/dd26f3630954e69c584faa06c9395f77d49337b1/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/TableMetadataParser.java#L214 Should we make it similar in a follow up? -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@iceberg.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@iceberg.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@iceberg.apache.org