danielcweeks commented on code in PR #12304:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12304#discussion_r1960211875
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api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/variants/Variant.java:
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@@ -25,4 +25,24 @@ public interface Variant {
/** Returns the variant value. */
VariantValue value();
+
+ /**
+ * Query the value with a given path.
+ *
+ * <p>The path format is a subset of JSON path that supports:
+ *
+ * <ul>
+ * <li><code>$</code> the root value
+ * <li><code>.name</code> accesses a field by name
Review Comment:
I'm a little wary of the dot notation because of the collision with dots in
field names. Also, I believe the bracket notation is considered the canonical
notation. I just think we're going to immediately run into an issue with
collisions.
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