aokolnychyi commented on code in PR #8803:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/8803#discussion_r1388806220


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api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/ContentFile.java:
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@@ -165,6 +166,20 @@ default Long fileSequenceNumber() {
    */
   F copyWithoutStats();
 
+  /**
+   * Copies this file with only specific column stats. Manifest readers can 
reuse file instances;
+   * use this method to copy data and only copy specific stats when collecting 
files.
+   *
+   * @param requestedColumnIds column ids for which to keep stats. If 
<code>null</code> then every
+   *     column stat is kept.
+   * @return a copy of this data file, with stats lower bounds, upper bounds, 
value counts, null
+   *     value counts, and nan value counts for only specific columns.
+   */
+  default F copyWithStats(Set<Integer> requestedColumnIds) {

Review Comment:
   I spent a bit more time on this one. I do think we either drop support for 
`null` as a valid value here or drop the utility to copy. It is up to you which 
approach to pick.



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