nastra commented on code in PR #9852:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/9852#discussion_r1579323906


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hive-metastore/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/HiveCatalog.java:
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@@ -209,11 +262,63 @@ public boolean dropTable(TableIdentifier identifier, 
boolean purge) {
     }
   }
 
+  @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));
+      HiveOperationsBase.validateTableIsIcebergView(
+          table, CatalogUtil.fullTableName(name, identifier));
+
+      HiveViewOperations ops = (HiveViewOperations) newViewOps(identifier);
+      ViewMetadata lastViewMetadata = null;
+
+      try {
+        lastViewMetadata = ops.current();
+      } catch (NotFoundException e) {
+        LOG.warn("Failed to load view metadata for view: {}", identifier, e);
+      }
+
+      clients.run(
+          client -> {
+            client.dropTable(database, viewName);
+            return null;
+          });
+
+      if (lastViewMetadata != null) {

Review Comment:
   But I'm curious to hear about other people's opinions on whether view 
metadata should be deleted immediately when the view is dropped



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