rdblue commented on code in PR #8907: URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/8907#discussion_r1414721934
########## hive-metastore/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/HiveCatalog.java: ########## @@ -264,6 +269,162 @@ public void renameTable(TableIdentifier from, TableIdentifier originalTo) { } } + @Override + public boolean viewExists(TableIdentifier identifier) { + return HiveCatalogUtil.isTableWithTypeExists(clients, identifier, TableType.VIRTUAL_VIEW); + } + + @Override + public boolean dropView(TableIdentifier identifier) { + if (!isValidIdentifier(identifier)) { + return false; + } + + try { + String database = identifier.namespace().level(0); + String viewName = identifier.name(); + Table table = clients.run(client -> client.getTable(database, viewName)); + HiveCatalogUtil.validateTableIsIcebergView(table, fullTableName(name, identifier)); Review Comment: Why is this in a different place than the corresponding table method? -- 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