devinrsmith commented on code in PR #12887: URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/12887#discussion_r2058555214
########## api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/PartitionSpec.java: ########## @@ -644,6 +646,16 @@ static void checkCompatibility(PartitionSpec spec, Schema schema) { "Invalid source type %s for transform: %s", sourceType, transform); + // The only valid parent types for a PartitionField are StructTypes. This must be checked + // recursively. + int fieldId = field.sourceId(); + Integer parentId; + while ((parentId = parents.get(fieldId)) != null) { + Type parentType = schema.findType(parentId); + ValidationException.check( + parentType.isStructType(), "Invalid partition field parent: %s", parentType); + fieldId = parentId; + } Review Comment: I agree, and always happy to make things easier to read / understand. -- 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