org.apache.iceberg

Interface DeletedDataFileScanTask

All Superinterfaces:

ChangelogScanTask, ContentScanTask<DataFile>, PartitionScanTask, ScanTask, java.io.Serializable

public interface DeletedDataFileScanTask
extends ChangelogScanTask, ContentScanTask<DataFile>

A scan task for deletes generated by removing a data file from the table.

Note that all historical delete files added earlier must be applied while reading the data file. This is required to output only those data records that were live when the data file was removed.

Suppose snapshot S1 contains data files F1, F2, F3. Then snapshot S2 adds a position delete file, D1, that deletes records from F2 and snapshot S3 removes F2 entirely. A scan for changes generated by S3 should include the following task:

• DeletedDataFileScanTask(file=F2, existing-deletes=[D1], snapshot=S3)

Readers consuming these tasks should produce deleted records with metadata like change ordinal and commit snapshot ID.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.List<DeleteFile>	existingDeletes() A list of previously added delete files to apply when reading the data file in this task.
default int	filesCount() The number of files that will be opened by this scan task.
default ChangelogOperation	operation() Returns the type of changes produced by this task (i.e.
default long	sizeBytes() The number of bytes that should be read by this scan task.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.iceberg.ChangelogScanTask

changeOrdinal, commitSnapshotId

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.iceberg.ContentScanTask

estimatedRowsCount, file, length, partition, residual, start

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.iceberg.PartitionScanTask

spec

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.iceberg.ScanTask

asCombinedScanTask, asDataTask, asFileScanTask, isDataTask, isFileScanTask

Method Detail

existingDeletes

java.util.List<DeleteFile> existingDeletes()

A list of previously added delete files to apply when reading the data file in this task.

Returns:

a list of delete files to apply

operation

default ChangelogOperation operation()

Description copied from interface: ChangelogScanTask

Returns the type of changes produced by this task (i.e. insert/delete).

Specified by:

operation in interface ChangelogScanTask

sizeBytes

default long sizeBytes()

Description copied from interface: ScanTask

The number of bytes that should be read by this scan task.

Specified by:

sizeBytes in interface ScanTask

Returns:

the total number of bytes to read

filesCount

default int filesCount()

Description copied from interface: ScanTask

The number of files that will be opened by this scan task.

Specified by:

filesCount in interface ScanTask

Returns:

the number of files to open