dramaticlly commented on code in PR #12228:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12228#discussion_r1990229315
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api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/catalog/Catalog.java:
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@@ -344,6 +344,24 @@ default void invalidateTable(TableIdentifier identifier) {}
* @throws AlreadyExistsException if the table already exists in the catalog.
*/
default Table registerTable(TableIdentifier identifier, String
metadataFileLocation) {
+ return registerTable(
+ identifier, metadataFileLocation, false /* register only if it does
not exist */);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Register a table with the catalog, optionally overwrite existing table
metadata.
+ *
+ * <p><strong>Note:</strong> Overwriting an existing table may result in a
new table UUID.
Review Comment:
Actually, let me reword this. What I meant is that the existing table UUID
might change after the register with overwrite (original UUID might change to
UUID from the metadata.json if they are different)
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