danielcweeks commented on code in PR #10711: URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/10711#discussion_r1684883921
########## api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/io/SupportsRecoveryOperations.java: ########## @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +/* + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + * distributed with this work for additional information + * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + * + * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + * + * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, + * software distributed under the License is distributed on an + * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY + * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the + * specific language governing permissions and limitations + * under the License. + */ +package org.apache.iceberg.io; + +/** + * This interface is intended as an extension for FileIO implementations to provide additional + * best-effort recovery operations that can be useful for repairing corrupted tables where there are + * reachable files missing from disk. (e.g. a live manifest points to data file entry which no + * longer exists on disk) + */ +public interface SupportsRecoveryOperations { + + /** + * Perform a best-effort recovery of a file at a given path + * + * @param path Absolute path of file to attempt recovery for + * @return true if recovery was successful, false otherwise + */ + boolean recoverFile(String path); Review Comment: I don't think the intent is to use this in a normal read path, more like a procedure (the rational I cover in an earlier comment). Since this is a "best effort" operation, I feel it would be adding unnecessary complexity that we can address later if there's a need (e.g. we can always extend with default implementations in the future). -- 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
