amogh-jahagirdar commented on code in PR #8723: URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/8723#discussion_r1347356619
########## 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: I think we can probably leave the `TableMetadata` as is. I'm curious why we want to make this change for views, sorry if this was already discussed before @nastra . Why can't we just keep it similar to tables, and have the property always exist, and by default it'll just be the empty collection that Immutables creates? -- 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