JonasJ-ap commented on code in PR #6997:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/6997#discussion_r1174109107


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python/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py:
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@@ -486,6 +499,207 @@ def expression_to_pyarrow(expr: BooleanExpression) -> 
pc.Expression:
     return boolean_expression_visit(expr, _ConvertToArrowExpression())
 
 
+def pyarrow_to_schema(schema: pa.Schema) -> Schema:
+    visitor = _ConvertToIceberg()
+    struct_results: List[Optional[IcebergType]] = []
+    for field in schema:
+        visitor.before_field(field)
+        struct_result = visit_pyarrow(field.type, visitor)
+        visitor.after_field(field)
+        struct_results.append(struct_result)
+    return visitor.schema(schema, struct_results)
+
+
+@singledispatch
+def visit_pyarrow(obj: pa.DataType, visitor: PyArrowSchemaVisitor[T]) -> T:
+    """A generic function for applying a pyarrow schema visitor to any point 
within a schema
+
+    The function traverses the schema in post-order fashion
+
+    Args:
+        obj(pa.DataType): An instance of a Schema or an IcebergType
+        visitor (PyArrowSchemaVisitor[T]): An instance of an implementation of 
the generic PyarrowSchemaVisitor base class
+
+    Raises:
+        NotImplementedError: If attempting to visit an unrecognized object type
+    """
+    raise NotImplementedError("Cannot visit non-type: %s" % obj)
+
+
+@visit_pyarrow.register(pa.StructType)
+def _(obj: pa.StructType, visitor: PyArrowSchemaVisitor[T]) -> T:
+    struct_results: List[Optional[T]] = []
+    for field in obj:
+        visitor.before_field(field)
+        struct_result = visit_pyarrow(field.type, visitor)
+        visitor.after_field(field)
+        struct_results.append(struct_result)
+
+    return visitor.struct(obj, struct_results)
+
+
+@visit_pyarrow.register(pa.ListType)
+def _(obj: pa.ListType, visitor: PyArrowSchemaVisitor[T]) -> Optional[T]:
+    visitor.before_list_element(obj.value_field)
+    list_result = visit_pyarrow(obj.value_field.type, visitor)
+    visitor.after_list_element(obj.value_field)
+    return visitor.list(obj, list_result)
+
+
+@visit_pyarrow.register(pa.MapType)
+def _(obj: pa.MapType, visitor: PyArrowSchemaVisitor[T]) -> Optional[T]:
+    visitor.before_map_key(obj.key_field)
+    key_result = visit_pyarrow(obj.key_field.type, visitor)
+    visitor.after_map_key(obj.key_field)
+    visitor.before_map_value(obj.item_field)
+    value_result = visit_pyarrow(obj.item_field.type, visitor)
+    visitor.after_map_value(obj.item_field)
+    return visitor.map(obj, key_result, value_result)
+
+
+@visit_pyarrow.register(pa.DataType)
+def _(obj: pa.DataType, visitor: PyArrowSchemaVisitor[T]) -> T:
+    if pa.types.is_nested(obj):
+        raise TypeError(f"Expected primitive type, got: {type(obj)}")
+    return visitor.primitive(obj)
+
+
+class PyArrowSchemaVisitor(Generic[T], ABC):
+    def before_field(self, field: pa.Field) -> None:
+        """Override this method to perform an action immediately before 
visiting a field."""
+
+    def after_field(self, field: pa.Field) -> None:
+        """Override this method to perform an action immediately after 
visiting a field."""
+
+    def before_list_element(self, element: pa.Field) -> None:
+        """Override this method to perform an action immediately before 
visiting a list element."""
+
+    def after_list_element(self, element: pa.Field) -> None:
+        """Override this method to perform an action immediately after 
visiting a list element."""
+
+    def before_map_key(self, key: pa.Field) -> None:
+        """Override this method to perform an action immediately before 
visiting a map key."""
+
+    def after_map_key(self, key: pa.Field) -> None:
+        """Override this method to perform an action immediately after 
visiting a map key."""
+
+    def before_map_value(self, value: pa.Field) -> None:
+        """Override this method to perform an action immediately before 
visiting a map value."""
+
+    def after_map_value(self, value: pa.Field) -> None:
+        """Override this method to perform an action immediately after 
visiting a map value."""
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def schema(self, schema: pa.Schema, field_results: List[Optional[T]]) -> 
Schema:
+        """visit a schema"""
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def struct(self, struct: pa.StructType, field_results: List[Optional[T]]) 
-> T:

Review Comment:
   Thanks for pointing this out. For these abstract methods, I think they shall 
return `Optional[T]`



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