rdblue commented on code in PR #12138: URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12138#discussion_r1937821481
########## core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/variants/VariantMetadata.java: ########## @@ -34,4 +34,20 @@ public interface VariantMetadata extends Variants.Serialized { /** Returns the size of the metadata dictionary. */ int dictionarySize(); + + static String asString(VariantMetadata metadata) { + StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(); Review Comment: This can't be added in the interface because it would be a default that conflicts with an existing method (`Object#toString`). To share the implementations, I added these as static methods in the interfaces and then call them from the concrete classes. -- 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