RewritePositionDeleteFiles

All Superinterfaces:

Action<RewritePositionDeleteFiles,RewritePositionDeleteFiles.Result>, SnapshotUpdate<RewritePositionDeleteFiles,RewritePositionDeleteFiles.Result>
```
public interface RewritePositionDeleteFiles
extends SnapshotUpdate<RewritePositionDeleteFiles,RewritePositionDeleteFiles.Result>
```
An action for rewriting position delete files.
Generally used for optimizing the size and layout of position delete files within a table.

- Nested Class Summary
  
  Nested Classes
  Modifier and Type Interface Description
  
  static interface RewritePositionDeleteFiles.Result
  The action result that contains a summary of the execution.
- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  RewritePositionDeleteFiles filter(Expression expression)
  A filter for finding deletes to rewrite.
  - Methods inherited from interface org.apache.iceberg.actions.Action
    execute, option, options
  - Methods inherited from interface org.apache.iceberg.actions.SnapshotUpdate
    snapshotProperty

- Method Detail
  - filter
```
RewritePositionDeleteFiles filter(Expression expression)
```
    A filter for finding deletes to rewrite.
    The filter will be converted to a partition filter with an inclusive projection. Any file that may contain rows matching this filter will be used by the action. The matching delete files will be rewritten.
    
    Parameters:
    
    expression - An iceberg expression used to find deletes.
    
    Returns:
    
    this for method chaining