nastra commented on code in PR #12014: URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12014#discussion_r1942411767
########## core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/RESTSessionCatalog.java: ########## @@ -462,6 +463,26 @@ private LoadTableResponse loadInternal( @Override public Table loadTable(SessionContext context, TableIdentifier identifier) { + try { + return loadTableInternal(context, identifier); + } catch (NoSuchTableException original) { + return loadViewMetadataTable(context, identifier); + } + } + + private Table loadViewMetadataTable(SessionContext context, TableIdentifier identifier) { + String tableName = identifier.name(); + ViewMetadataTableType type = ViewMetadataTableType.from(tableName); + if (type != null) { + TableIdentifier baseViewIdentifier = TableIdentifier.of(identifier.namespace().levels()); + View baseView = loadView(context, baseViewIdentifier); + return MetadataTableUtils.createViewMetadataTableInstance(baseView, tableName, type); + } else { + throw new NoSuchTableException("Table does not exist: %s", identifier); Review Comment: we should probably throw the original exception that was caught in `loadTable` -- 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