RussellSpitzer commented on code in PR #6304:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/6304#discussion_r1034950972


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api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/ScanTaskGroup.java:
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@@ -26,6 +26,24 @@
  * @param <T> the type of scan tasks
  */
 public interface ScanTaskGroup<T extends ScanTask> extends ScanTask {
+  /**
+   * Returns a grouping key for this task group.
+   *
+   * <p>Tasks may produce records that belong to a specific group of data 
(e.g. partition). It may

Review Comment:
   This description is a little too abstract for me to understand what the 
grouping key is from this doc. I think grouping key needs to be defined first 
here. Maybe 
   
   "A grouping key is a set of values that are common amongst all rows within 
all tasks within the group. The values may be the result of transforming the 
underlying data. For example, a grouping key may have the bucket ordinal 
computed by applying a bucketing transformation to a column of the underlying 
rows."
   
   Wdyt?



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