rdblue commented on code in PR #12304:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12304#discussion_r1963978534


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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:
   Bracket notation is canonical, but I want to get something working that we 
can expand later. I think as long as we define a strict subset we should be 
able to move on and extend or swap in a library.



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